1. Rocks are like Chex Mix

2. Name Those Pieces Corn Chex Wheat Chex Circle Pretzels Window Pretzels
Bagel Chips
Rye Chips
Breadstix

3. Granite

4. Name those Pieces
QUARTZ
MICA
FELDSPAR

6. Title: Rocks Notes
Rocks are like Chex mix
a. Made of minerals .

7. Identifying Rocks:
a. Texture
b. Color
c. Mineral composition

8. Title: Rocks Notes Rocks are like Chex mix Identifying Rocks
a. Made of minerals
Identifying Rocks
a. Texture-
b. Color-
c. Mineral composition- .

9. Texture
The look and feel of a rock’s surface

10. Color
The color(s) of a rock

11. Mineral Composition
The type of
minerals that
make up a rock

12. Title: Rocks Notes Rocks are like Chex mix Identifying Rocks
a. Made of minerals
Identifying Rocks
a. Texture-
b. Color-
c. Mineral composition-
Texture
a. Grain size-
b. Grain shape-
c. Grain pattern-

13. Texture
Grain size- fine (small) or coarse (large)

14. Texture
Grain shape- round or jagged

15. Texture
Grain pattern- banded or non-banded

16. Title: Rocks Notes Texture 3 major rock groups Rocks are like Chex mix
a. Made of minerals
Identifying Rocks
a. Texture-
b. Color-
c. Mineral composition-
Texture
a. Grain size-
b. Grain shape-
c. Grain pattern-
3 major rock groups
a. Igneous-
b. Metamorphic-
c. Sedimentary-

17. Igneous
Rocks made from magma/lava cooling and hardening

18. Metamorphic
Rocks made from heat and pressure deep inside the Earth

19. Sedimentary
Rocks made when pieces of rock are compressed together