Rocks are minerals

Today we had a fantastic workshop about rocks. We used our five senses to observe rocks. We scratched, streaked and washed rocks. We sorted rocks using various rules such as size, weight, colour, texture, hard, soft etc...We learned that:

Rocks are minerals

Some rocks are hard

Some rocks are soft

Some rocks float and some sink

Some rocks have holes

Some rocks have layers

Some rocks are conglomerates and some are sandstone

Some rocks came from volcanoes

Some rocks have been used as tools

Some rocks are magnetic

Observing salt.

Salt is a mineral 

Sulphur is a mineral and has an interesting smell

When we were finished exploring with our rocks we used them to create our own inukshuks.

We are so excited to learn even more about rocks.

Using a flashlight to observe rocks.

Wow look at all my rocks.

Observing rocks and sorting them.

Sorting rocks

Streaking rocks to see if they are hard or soft.

Streaking my rock to see if it is soft or hard.

Look at my rock!

Does the rock float?

Look my rock is floating!

Scratching a rock to find out if it is soft or hard.

Smelling sulphur.

Making inukshuks