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Rock Cycle Project
Goal: Create a project that illustrates knowledge of the rock cycle and the three types of rocks.
Required Components of the Project:
 Detailed illustration of the rock cycle including all the steps and rocks with labels.
 These words should be used in your project: weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation,
 metamorphism, heat, pressure, melting, cooling, solidification, sediment, sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock,
 magma, and igneous rock.
 Give one example of each type of rock (sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous).
 Tell how each type of rock is formed.
 The project must be neat, colorful, creative, and show full knowledge of the rock cycle and the three types of rock
What you should include in describing the rocks:
Brochure
PowerPoint presentation
Drawing of the cycle
*Pictures and sources must be cited on the last slide using MLA format.
If you have an idea not listed, please ask me. There are many other wonderful possibilities.
Guide for creating Google slides.
Level 1 Questions Must be answered by all students.
Slide 1 Your name and Rock Cycle Project
Slide 2 Picture of the rock cycle
Slide 3 Describe how igneous rocks are formed.
Slide 4 Describe the two ways how igneous rocks are classified.
Slide 5 Describe how sedimentary rocks are formed.
Slide 6 Describe the two ways sedimentary rocks are classified.
Slide 7 Describe how metamorphic rocks are formed.
Slide 8 Describe the two classifications of metamorphic rocks.
Level 2 Questions
Slide 9 How is the rock cycle similar to the water cycle?
Slide 10 How is the rock cycle and water cycle different?
Rock Cycle Examples
Rock Cycle Project Rubric
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