Visitors enjoy rock climbing in Central Park. But do they know they are climbing on rocks that are a half billion years old? This Wiki will introduce you to Central Park as a phenomenal teaching tool. Central Park is full of important geologic information.
For this unit of study your students will need the following vocabulary words. This will help them when you go to Central Park. The children will learn many new words which will be used to make a dictionary in the post trip lesson. This list is just to get you started.
Don't forget to have the children do the ALL THAT I KNOW assessment in the beginning of the unit and then the WHAT I LEARNED assessment at the end of the unit.
BASIC VOCABULARY
Geology
Sedimentary rocks
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Fossils
Magma
Geologist
Pressure
Slate
Marble
Schist
Quartzite
Marsha Magenheim getting squished by Manhattan Schist
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Visitors enjoy rock climbing in Central Park. But do they know they are climbing on rocks that are a half billion years old? This Wiki will introduce you to Central Park as a phenomenal teaching tool. Central Park is full of important geologic information.
For this unit of study your students will need the following vocabulary words. This will help them when you go to Central Park. The children will learn many new words which will be used to make a dictionary in the post trip lesson. This list is just to get you started.
Don't forget to have the children do the ALL THAT I KNOW assessment in the beginning of the unit and then the WHAT I LEARNED assessment at the end of the unit.
BASIC VOCABULARY
Geology
Sedimentary rocks
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Fossils
Magma
Geologist
Pressure
Slate
Marble
Schist
Quartzite