Rock Cycle

The article reiterated the rock cycle and it’s different parts. It also gave a lesson plan idea involving candy chips to make it more applicable to their students lives. I think this way mak... See More

The article reiterated the rock cycle and it’s different parts. It also gave a lesson plan idea involving candy chips to make it more applicable to their students lives. I think this way makes it more real for the students and would be worth looking into and using in my own classroom.

Fun Activity

I appreciate how the author of this article walks the reader through each aspect of teaching this lesson. This journals presents teachers with a innovated way to kinesthetically teach a clas... See More

I appreciate how the author of this article walks the reader through each aspect of teaching this lesson. This journals presents teachers with a innovated way to kinesthetically teach a class of first grades how weathering changes rock formations. The students will use candy chips to show how different rocks for in the rock cycle. The article provides teachers with the background knowledge students need to have before doing this lab, it provides classroom management tips, it provides a list of materials and procedures to follow, and it also provides a list of follow up questions. A few flaws I noticed with this journal is that it did not provide any information on the different types of weathering. It also listed a lot of information about classroom management and making sure the students do not eat the candy, but if the experiment used crayons or something non-edible the teacher would not have to focus so much attention the rules. The concept behind this journal is great and I love the interactive part, especially with it being designed for a first grade class.