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=Directions:= 1. Read about the rock cycle and make sure all of your Cornell notes are correct [|Oracle Thinkquest- Rock Cycle] This reading will help you with step #2 (below)

2. Use the information gathered to fill in the diagram that connects the following rock cycle terms: **weathering and erosion, lithification (compacting and cementing), melting, cooling and crystallization, heat and pressure, sediments, magma, igneous rock, metamorphic rock, sedimentary rock.** The reading on the rock cycle above might help you.

3. Check the diagram you made of the rock cycle [|here]. Make additions or changed as needed. Also, view the animations of the various earth processes to see them in action. You should make sure you have a solid understanding of how different rocks are formed. You may add more notes to your Cornell sheets if needed.

4.Take the rock cycle quiz [|here]. When you have earned a score that you like (out of 10 points), show your score to Ms. Bauhs for a quiz grade. You may take the quiz as many times as you wish to get the grade that you desire.

5.Complete the Crayon Rock Cycle Lab and lab write-up.

6. To conclude your virtual field trip through the rock cycle, you will write a story. Open the following document to see directions and grading rubric.

Congratulations on your completion of this virtual field trip! Doesn't this planet really //rock?// Interested in learning more? Check out the Geologists 101 tab to find out more about what these scientists do, and how you can become an amateur geologist.