Rocks, Soil and Sand Journal - University of Wisconsin ... and Soil Journal Activity #1 Rock Sort...
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Activity #1 Rock Sort
Smooth
Sharp Bumpy
Gray
Black White
Red
Speckled Sparkly
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Activity #2 Student Made Rock Book
Rocks
By __________________
A rock can be ___________.
A rock can be ___________.
A rock can be ___________.
A rock can be ___________.
A rock can be ___________.
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Activity #3 Scavenger Hunt
Find a small rock.
Find a medium size rock.
Find a smooth rock.
Find a sharp rock.
Find a bumpy rock.
Find a white rock.
Find a black rock.
Find a gray rock.
Find a speckled rock.
Find a sparkly rock.
Find a red rock.
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Activity #4 Rock Graph
10
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2
1 smooth sharp bumpy white black gray speckled sparkly red
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Activity #5 Rock Order
Put rocks in order from largest to smallest.
Put rocks in order from smallest to largest.
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Activity #6 Rock Balance
ESTIMATE ACTUAL
NUMBER
Crayons
Cars Marbles
Scissors
Cubes Glue
Sticks
Dice
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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Activity #8 Soil Samples
Sample #1
Color
Feels
Sample #2
Color
Feels
Sample #3
Color
Feels
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Activity #9 Soil Painting
Use this space to make a practice picture before drawing
and painting on the construction paper.
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Activity #10 Soil Slides
1. Get one index card, a hole punch, clear tape and soil.
2. Punch a hole in the index card.
3. Put clear tape over the hole so the sticky side is
touching the index card.
4. Put soil on the sticky side of the tape, so that it shows
in the hole.
5. Cover the hole with clear tape over the soil.
Soil from Timmy’s backyard.
Evansville, WI
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Activity #11 Soil Maps
The soil in my yard looks _______________________
____________________________________________.
This is like ______________________’s soil because
___________________________________________.
This is different than _________________’s soil because
___________________________________________.
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Activity #12 Worm Farm
Draw a prediction of what you think you may see when
the black paper is removed.
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Activity #13 Sand Blowing
Create a design you will draw with your glue. Think it
out and practice here before drawing with glue on the
construction paper.
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Activity #14 Sand Shaker Bottles
Make a list of what you will put in your bottle.
PICTURE WORDS