Types of Rocks Sort: Cut and Paste, Review and Application- DIGITAL!

This interactive and hands-on sorting activity will give your students practice differentiating between the 3 categories of rocks. This is a great way to teach, practice or asses this tricky concept in a kinesthetic way!

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• Students read information and observe pictures to evaluate what category of rock each is describing; igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary.
• Students then cut out the facts and pictures and use critical thinking skills to place them in the correct column which creates a great notes sheet!
• NEWLY included: A 6-question multiple choice 1/2 sheet to use as a class starter or exit ticket AND a vocabulary review application project where students use the sort words in a diagram, story or comic strip.
• This can be used in a classroom from grades 4-7; giving younger students more guidance than the older ones!

Enjoy!

Sorts are excellent critical thinking activities for elementary and middle school students! Sorts teach students how to identify particular characteristics, compare and contrast them, and then determine which group or classification an object belongs. This higher order thinking strategy is essential in the sciences!

NOW DIGITAL- perfect for distance learning!

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