The student’s in Mrs. Baum’s 5th grade class at Greenwood have been learning about the three rock types: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.  To get a closer look at rocks, the students used the ProScope!  The ProScope is a handheld, USB microscope that allows the students to easily see the rocks characteristics and take detailed pictures of the rocks.  

After observing the rocks and taking a few pictures, students put their favorite images on the desktop.  Next they logged into Schoology where Mrs. Baum had posted 3 media albums, one for each rock type.

Students uploaded each image to the rock type folder based on it’s characteristics.  

Her class really enjoyed seeing the rocks up close and the media albums worked great for sharing these photos with their classmates!