Kindergarten, Science, Week 2

This week we are learning about rocks. I am basing these lessons on the chapter in Science Experiences for the Early Childhood Years.

• Monday we looked through a book I had that had pictures of rocks -- well, that was the plan, actually we had to run an errand, so K. looked through it and put post-it tabs by the rocks she thought were pretty and then when we got home we looked at those and she told me why she liked them.
• Tuesday we went out to the front garden (where there is a pile of rocks -- thankfully my mother liked to collect interesting rocks) and I picked out about 10 that each looked different. Then K. used soapy water and a brush to wash the rocks while we talked about how they looked different when they were wet.
• Wednesday. If you get a bucketful of #67 gravel, like the books suggests, you can classify the rocks by shape, size, color, etc.
• Thursday we talked about some rocks being harder than others. We used a Phillips screwdriver to try to scratch the rocks. There we 2 rocks that we could scratch.
• Friday we talked about how rocks change. I put 2 rocks in a coffee can with the lid on and we shook the can and examined the pieces that broke off.