CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:

• ORGANIZE AND ILLUSTRATE THE FOLLOWING LIST OF EVENTS INTO AN ORDER THAT TELLS HOW ROCKS GO THROUGH THE ROCK CYCLE

• SEDIMENTS
• IGNEOUS ROCKCEMENTING AND COMPACTING
• MELTING
• HEAT AND PRESSURE
• METAMORPHIC ROCK
• SEDIMENTARY ROCK
• WEATHERING AND EROSION

• PRETEND YOU ARE SEDIMENT THAT WENT THROUGH THE ROCK CYCLE, AND YOU ARE NOW A METAMORPHIC ROCK. DESCRIBE THE CHANGES YOU WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH BEFORE YOU COULD AGAIN BECOME SEDIMENT. THIS COULD BE WRITTEN OR DRAWN.

• WRITE A "ROCK" SONG. WRITE ABOUT THE FORMATION OF METAMORPHIC, IGNEOUS AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

ACCESS THESE INTERNET SITES:

http://www.bc-mining-house.com/edu/rock_min.htm

http://duke.usask.ca/~reeves/prog/geoe118/geoe118.011.html