Earth sciences is a common middle school science class. During that class, students will learn all about rocks. These rock activities for middle school are a great way to help kids understand the lessons. Middle

Make a sandwich to learn about how sedimentary rocks form. Layer the sandwich like layers of sediment forming.

Teach about the rock cycle in a creative way with this printable geology rock cycle board game~ The Rock Collectors. Geology will never be boring again!

3d river project from source to sea. We used clay for mountains and rocks and a canvas as the base.

Create an Earth layers model to explore the various layers of the earth including crust, mantle, and core. Free earth layers templates.

To complete this simple Earth science review project, students create a model of the rock cycle using jumbo craft sticks and paper templates. They'll create a paper pocket for each type of rock (sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic) and assemble the interactive diagram by gluing labels to the craft sticks. Next, they'll cut out 15 rock cards and sort them into the correct pockets. You can even add a research component if you wish - have student write one interesting fact about each rock on…

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