Earth's Changing Surface · Earth & Space
The Rock Cycle
Tracing the transformation of Earth materials through igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic phases.
Key Questions
- 1How can a grain of sand eventually become part of a mountain?
- 2What do the characteristics of a rock tell us about how it was formed?
- 3How does the heat and pressure of Earth's interior recycle old rock?
Common Core State Standards
MS-ESS2-1
Grade: 6th Grade
Subject: Science
Unit: Earth's Changing Surface
Period: Earth & Space
Suggested Methodologies
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