Rocklink A world of rocks. Combine these lesson plans with dinosaur activities. These are three lesson plans and a project that teach different aspects of geology for K-2 classrooms. Students can see how fossils form in sedimentary rocks and take home a painted necklace. Students watch closely to collect data.
Students attempt explanations of how rocks are made under weight.
This lesson cannot recreate the heat and pressure that forms metamorphic rocks but it does show a slow hardening from a chemical reaction. Here's a project for learning about igneous rocks. NASA's Volcano World is a source for both lessons and classroom center use.