Types of rocks
Use vocabulary for Earth's geological processes and rock types — igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, erosion, weathering, deposition, fossil, sediment, strata, permeable, impermeable — and apply these when explaining how rocks form and how landscapes change over time
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Could your child explain the difference between a rock being weathered and being eroded — those are actually two different things?
Use vocabulary for Earth's geological processes and rock types — igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, erosion, weathering, deposition, fossil, sediment, strata, permeable, impermeable — and apply these when explaining how rocks form and how landscapes change over time
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- Correctly classify igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and explain in one sentence how each type forms
- Use 'erosion', 'weathering', and 'deposition' correctly as three distinct stages in a sequence
- Explain how fossils form using 'sediment' and 'sedimentary rock' correctly
“Could your child explain the difference between a rock being weathered and being eroded — those are actually two different things?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Language
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Earth's Systems
- Age range
- Ages 9–11