Materials
paper bags
egg cartons
Instructions
* Earth Science Week is the second week of October.
1. Plan a trip to a park for an outdoor walk during Earth Science Week.
2. Explain to the children that they will be looking for rocks.
3. Provide paper bags for collecting rocks.
4. While on the walk, talk to the children about the different sizes, textures,
shapes, and colors of the rocks. Help them compare the sizes, textures,
shapes, and colors of the rocks.
5. Back in the classroom, have the children sort the rocks by their sizes,
textures, shapes, and colors.
6. Let the children create a rock collection by displaying the rocks in egg
cartons.
More to do Art: Invite the children to wash and dry the rocks, and then paint them
with tempera paint.
