In addition to sorting and classifying rocks in our rock collections, and creating “pet rocks,” we learned a lot about rocks and minerals! See if your child can answer the following questions:

1. What are rocks made of? (Rocks are made of one or more minerals.)
2. What is a mineral? (Minerals are solid, inorganic, naturally occurring substances.)
3. What is the difference between a solid, a liquid, and a gas?
4. What are the components of soil [Soil is made of organic matter (live animals, such as worms and bugs, and dead plants and animals), rocks and minerals, water, and air.]

Please enjoy these great pictures of our class sorting and classifying our rocks (I didn’t manage to get every child in these pictures, but ALL students are featured in our STEM video in the post below!):