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Today you will be going through a tutorial explaining how rocks are formed:

http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/

Go through the tutorial. Take notes in your notebook on the following:

A) The three types of rocks, how they form, and examples of each

B) Take notes on all 6 rocks: how they formed, what are they made of, what does this tell us about the history of that area.

C) Continue the tutorial by identifying the rocks

D) Continue the tutorial: take notes on how heat, pressure, melting, and cooling change rocks.

E) Next take notes on how weathering and erosion, compacting and cementing form sedimentary rocks.

F) Complete the quiz on rock formation

G) Draw the rock cycle

H) Complete the final test