Summary
Students will create their own rock cycle using crayons to represent each stage. Working in groups of 3-4, students came up with their own procedure of how to make their crayon “rock” travel through the cycle. Students needed to research how crayons are made to determine which type of rock the crayon is to begin the cycle. Once starting their lab, students choose what to do with only the materials given to move their rock to the next place in the cycle. Students then document each stage of the rock cycle with their digital camera and transfer the information into a medium of their choice (powerpoint, ActivInspire, MovieMaker, etc) to put the stages in order with the processes described in text slides between the pictures.
TIPC Ratings
Students were given the questions to research prior to starting the activity, but found answers on their own.
Students were already in their lab groups to work through this task.
Students were only given a list of materials and what their final product was to be. They needed to work through all of the problems to get to the final product.
Students created their own final product as well as their lab procedure. As long as they came up with the correct end result, they performed well on the assignment.
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