Rocks and Soil

Rocks and Soil 

Rocking Out with Rocks! 

We went on a rock hunt outside of the school.  Each student got a baggie and filled it with the rocks they found.
The next day each student chose one rock from their baggie.  We used the Rock Report worksheet from KindergartenKindergarten and the students described their rocks and then glued it in their scientific notebook.

 We watched the PowerPoint from Kindergartenkindergarten and then complete the "We use rocks everyday" paper and then glued it in our science notebook.  The kids loved the PowerPoint and thought it was so interesting all the ways rocks are used.

During center time each student wrote down a fact and then added it to our Kindergarten Rock Museum in the hallway.

Soil

We read Dirt: The Scoop on Soil  and then talked about what is inside soil. Then we did the soil ingredients paper from KindergartenKindergarten and added it to our science notebooks. 

Which works best?

We did an experiment to see which soil would work best to grow a bean seed.  The choices were potting soil, outside soil, clay, or sand.  The students voted and we made a chart.  After a few weeks we determined the potting soil worked best.