Grade 08 Science - EC: S8.D.1.1.1
Grade 08 Science - EC: S8.D.1.1.1
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
8th Grade
Course, Subject
Science
Activities
- Tree roots can push through rock and break it. What is another way that rock wears away?
- Wind erosion
- Water erosion
- Friction
- All of the above
- What are the three rock types?
- Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
- Volcanic, metamorphic, and sedimentary
- Volcanic, non-clastic, and igneous
- Pumice, corals, and clastic
- What two rock groups are formed from all three kinds of rocks?
- Based on what you have learned about metamorphic rocks, what does metamorphosing mean?
- List two ways rocks can be formed.
- Describe how the three rock types, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock, are broken down into their subgroups by what two characteristics.
- Explain in detail why it is called the rock cycle.
Answer Key/Rubric
- D
- A
- Metamorphic and sedimentary
- Metamorphosing means to transform or change.
- Acceptable responses might include, but not be limited to:
- Erupting volcanos
- High temperatures
- Tons of pressure
- Acceptable responses might include, but not be limited to:
The three rock groups are broken down by composition and texture. Composition refers to both the types of minerals within a rock and the overall chemical makeup of the rock while texture refers to the size and arrangement of the minerals or grains that make up a rock.
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