The Battle for Rock Mountain
From The Magic School Bus Rides Again · 2017
24 min2nd3rd4th5thScience
Summary
A mountain adventure turns into a tour of the rock cycle. The class sees how rocks form, break down, and change from one type into another.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A mountain adventure turns into a tour of the rock cycle.
- How can one kind of rock turn into another?
- What forces break rock down over time?
- Why do rocks look so different from each other?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: rock cycle, mineral, pressure.
Try it: Sketch the rock cycle and label one way a rock can change type.