Teach students how rocks form and change over time with a clear rock
cycle focus. This TEKS-aligned resource helps students connect rock
types to the processes that create them—and understand that rocks
can change through many pathways.

What’s Included

• Informarion Gap Exercise

• Short answer Exercise

• Exit tickets

Concepts Covered (TEKS 6.10C)

• Identifying the three main rock
  types: igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

• Explaining how each type forms:

  • cooling/solidifying (igneous)

  • compaction/cementation
    (sedimentary)

  • heat/pressure (metamorphic)

• Connecting key processes in the
  rock cycle (weathering, erosion, deposition, melting, cooling)

• Interpreting rock cycle
  diagrams and describing rock changes over time

How It’s Useful

• Perfect for stations, notebook
  work, and rock cycle practice

• Builds strong cause-and-effect
  and process vocabulary

• Exit tickets provide quick data
  for reteaching and support

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