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Ohio Standard: Earth and Space Sciences
Grade Level Indicator: (Grade: 3) 1. Compare distinct properties of rocks (e.g., color, layering, texture).
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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Identifying a rock
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ORC# 1571
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Resource URL: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls/portal.asp?questionl...
Resource Type: Assessments
Discipline: Science
Grades: Grades 3–5
Professional Commentary: Students are asked to select the option that would be most useful in identifying a rock. This multiple choice question is a sample test item used in past National Assessments of Educational Progress (see About NAEP)....
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Rock Hunters
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ORC# 3546
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Resource URL: http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/rock-hunters/
Resource Type: Lessons
Discipline: Science
Grades: Grades PreK–4
Professional Commentary: Throughout this lesson students make detailed observations of rocks. Through their observations, students will begin to develop an understanding that there are many types of rocks with a multitude of different attributes....
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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4:: Recognize rock type based on the process of its formation
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ORC# 7198
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Resource URL: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls/portal.asp?questionl...
Resource Type: Assessments
Discipline: Science
Grades: Grades 3–5
Professional Commentary: Students are asked to look at a picture that shows how a type of rock forms at the bottom of the ocean and then identify the type of rock. This multiple choice question is a sample test item used in past National Assessments of Educational Progress (see About NAEP)....
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Classification of Rocks
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ORC# 9144
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Resource URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/rock_landsca...
Resource Type: Content Supports
Discipline: Science
Grades: Grades 3–8
Professional Commentary: This content resource provides the user with factual information regarding the rock cycle as well as the three types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. This is not a complete lesson plan, but could easily be incorporated into a unit on rocks....
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Minerals
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ORC# 2599
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Resource URL: http://pals.sri.com/pals/tasks/k-4/Minerals/
Resource Type: Assessments
Discipline: Science
Grades: Grades 3–8
Professional Commentary: This performance assessment activity assesses the students' abilities to formulate and apply rules that they can use to compare and rank things. The specific subject is the hardness and softness of minerals....
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Classifying Rocks
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ORC# 2616
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Resource URL: http://pals.sri.com/pals/tasks/k-4/Rocks/
Resource Type: Assessments
Discipline: Science
Grades: Grades PreK–4
Professional Commentary: Students study and observe rocks and identify properties that can be used to classify or divide the rocks into groups. Students then identify other properties that could be used to classify or divide other objects into groups....
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Building Materials
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ORC# 3126
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Resource URL: http://pals.sri.com/tasks/5-8/Museum/
Resource Type: Assessments
Discipline: Science
Grades: Grades 3–5
Professional Commentary: Students are presented with three rocks and a variety of tools and are asked to investigate the properties of the rocks to see which rock will be best for building tables and benches for a museum picnic area. The task assesses students' abilities to design an investigation, make simple observations, make generalized inferences from their observations,...
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