Fourth grade earth science standard

The properties of rocks and minerals reflect the processes that formed them.. Students know how to differentiate among igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks by referring to their

By Maria Flores

4 The properties of rocks and minerals reflect the processes that formed them As a basis for understanding this concept:

a Students know how to differentiate among igneous,

sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks by referring to their

properties and methods of formation (the rock cycle)

Fourth grade Earth Science Standard

Types of Rocks

Metamorphic Igneous Sedementary

Rocks

The Igneous rock form when magma of lava cool and hardens.

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Types of Igneous Rocks

Sedimentary Rocks are usually made of pieces of rock that have been

squeezed and stuck together

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Types of Sedimentary

Rocks

• Metamorphic rocks form when heat and pressure change

rocks

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Types Metamorphic Rocks

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http://www.physical geography.net/fundamentals

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries