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Rocks
and Minerals: Curricular Integration
The following Curricular Integration Ideas were generated to
better serve the Elementary teacher s of the Vancouver School
District.
If you have any of your own Curricular Integration Ideas, please
send them to me (Kris Skrutvold at the following email address:
kskrutvo@vansd.org) and I will post them on the Kit Resources
web-site. (Currently being developed)
Math
Recognizing patterns
Geometry of mineral shapes: prisms and crystals
Language
Arts
Write an essay "If I were a (igneous,
metamorphic,sedimentary) rock
Adjectives to describe mineral properties
Create a rock book
Social
Studies
Investigate different landforms
Quarrying techniques
Columbian Mammoth: Washington's State Fossil
Geological career information
Reading
Books about rocks
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