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= LESSON PLAN = created by: Kristen Cottrell, Heather Stewart & Lisa Johnson of Aspen Elementary

__Core Objective/Standard__: Standard 2 Investigate the natural world including rock, soil and water
Standard 2 Objective 1.1 Observe, compare, describe, and sort components of soil by size, texture and color

__Student learning objective__:
Students will notice and understand that there are different components of soil.

__Materials needed__:
baggies and plastic spoons hand lenses science journal Rock Song Book Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
Read aloud Diary of a Worm Teacher will show a sample of soil they collected to students and model observing it with a hand lens and model writing observation in a science journal

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
Students and teacher will collect soil together and observe and record their findings in a shared writing experience Teach the Rock Song Rock Cycle Song (Sing to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat") SEDIMENTARY rock Has been formed in layers Often found near water sources With fossils from decayers Then there's IGNEOUS rock Here since Earth was born Molten Lava, cooled and hardened That's how it is formed These two types of rocks Can also be transformed With pressure, heat and chemicals METAMORPHIC they'll become.

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:
Each student will hold a baggie while walking back from their field trip they will collect soil of interest to them. Once back at the class room each student will observe their sample through a hand lens and write or draw their discoveries in their science journal Each student will find three other students samples to observe and record students will mix their soils then sift it through the soil sifter and then observe and record their findings ==__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__: Place jelly beans, crushed chocolate wafer cookies, gummy worms, and pudding on the table along with clear solo cups, spoons and napkins. Have the students come to the table in small groups and create the layers of the earth using the materials provided. Jelly Beans-bedrock Pudding-soil gummy worm-just for fun crushed cookies-topsoil==