If you’re doing rock activities for kindergarten, you’ll love this easy edible rock cycle. Also, grab my other tips, ideas, and crafts for kindergarten on my page Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum.
Hands-on activities are one of the best ways to teach a new concept, especially if you can add in the delicious aspect of eating your project.
This edible rock cycle is a great addition to your list of rock activities for kindergarten to teach it in a simple and fun way.
Books, video, and hands-on experiences looking at rocks themselves will go a long way in teaching your child about geology, the rock cycle, rock types, and more.
Then add some fun rock vocabulary.
Rock Cycle Vocabulary
- Geologist (Answer: Someone who studies what the Earth is made of and how it was formed)
- Rock (Answer: A rock is a solid that is made up of a bunch of different minerals)
- Rock Cycle (Answer: The processes in which the three main rock types: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary transform from one type into another)
- Sedimentary Rocks (Answer: Rocks formed from years of sediment compacting together and becoming hard, this can be grains of sand, mud, pebbles, minerals, fossils or plants)
- Metamorphic Rocks (Answer: A rock formed from great heat and pressure inside the earth’s crust
- Igneous Rocks (Answer: A rock formed through the cooling of magma or lava)
Also, look at some of these fun books.
6 Rock Unit Study Books & Fun Resources
Whatever grade you're teaching, you'll love adding one of these books or resources to your day.
From dazzling blue lapis lazuli to volcanic snowflake obsidian, an incredible variety of rocks are showcased in all their splendor. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, this book introduces an array of facts, making it equally perfect for classroom sharing and family reading.
A pocket microscope is a great addition to a science shelf or to add to your bag for nature walks.
You can grab a set like this one to start your collection, it contains rocks from each of the 3 types- Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous.
Identify colorful gemstones, sparkly crystals, the toughest rocks, and ancient fossils. Packed with fun facts, information, and extensive photos all about the rocks and minerals that make up the world around us.
Simon Basher is back with another zany primer to science! Following his 3 successful titles on the basics of chemistry, physics, and biology, BASHER SCIENCE: ROCKS AND MINERALS is an in-depth look at the ground beneath our feet. Like his other titles, Basher presents these topics through charming and adorable illustrations and pairs them with basic information told from a first person perspective. He develops a community of characters based on the things that form the foundations
of our planet: rocks, gems, crystals, fossils and more. And what's more, he makes it understandable, interesting, and cute. It's not what you expect out of a science primer.
Everybody needs a rock -- at least that's the way this particular rock hound feels about it in presenting her own highly individualistic rules for finding just the right rock for you.
Geology Movies for Kindergarten
Next, you’ll love this roundup of fun geology movies.
10 Geology Videos for Young Kids
Fine one or two movies about geology to add to your day or unit study.
Learn about the Structure Of The Earth with Dr. Binocs.
Volcanoes for Kids | A fun and engaging introduction to volcanoes for children
Also, look at these other tips and kindergarten homeschool curriculum below.
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In addition, I have some rock resources for your older kids.
Besides, you want to teach all of your kids when you’re learning a topic.
Rock Activities for Older Kids
First, look at my free Earth Science lapbook.
Furthermore, add these other resources:
- Edible Rock Cycle Fudge and Hands-on Rock Activities
- Geoscavenge – A Rock and Mineral Hunt
- Metamorphic Edible Rocks & Notebooking Pages
- Free Homeschool Geology Unit Study And Easy DIY Eggshell Geode
Finally, let’s make this edible rock cycle.
You will need:
- Chocolate morsels
- Butterscotch morsels
- White chocolate
- Cookies
- Grater
- 3 bowls
- Microwave
Directions:
First, crumble cookies and grate white chocolate block.
This is a great opportunity to introduce erosion, weathering from wind and rain, and how it turns larger rocks into sediment or the small bits.
In 3 bowls place a little of each type of morsel as well as crumbled cookies and grated chocolate.
For the first bowl have your child press down with their fingers to compact all the small bits together to create a larger piece. This is how sedimentary rocks are formed.
Place the next bowl into the microwave for 30 second increments just until it begins to melt.
Use the back of a spoon sprayed with nonstick cooking spray to press it all together. Allow to cool and harden.
This demonstrates how metamorphic rocks are formed through heat and pressure.
To demonstrate how igneous rocks are formed, take the third bowl and melt until completely liquid in the microwave.
Then place in the refrigerator to harden completely.
Write the 3 rock types on a piece of paper and label each of your types in the rock cycle.
Now you can enjoy taste testing each of the different rock types in the rock cycle.
Science has never tasted so good.
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