Lesson: Rocks and Minerals Science • First Year of Preparatory School

Students will be able to

• describe the difference between soil and rocks,
• classify rocks into igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks,
• describe the composition of igneous rocks and their division as either plutonic, surface, or volcanic rocks,
• give examples of igneous rocks and identify them as either plutonic, surface, or volcanic rocks,
• describe sedimentary rocks,
• give examples of sedimentary rocks and describe their color, shape, texture, and composition,
• explain the formation of sedimentary rocks including transportation, deposition, and lithification,
• describe metamorphic rocks,
• give marble as an example of a metamorphic rock and describe its color, shape, texture, and composition.