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    This document provides directions for a science investigation called the "Rock Collection" task. Students are asked to read a story about two children who classify a rock collection in different ways. They then make a prediction about whether a rock collection can be classified in more than one way. Working with a partner, students classify their own rock collection in multiple ways and record how they sorted the rocks. Finally, they write a conclusion about what they learned about classifying rocks and whether their initial prediction was correct.

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    This document provides directions for a science investigation called the "Rock Collection" task. Students are asked to read a story about two children who classify a rock collection in different ways. They then make a prediction about whether a rock collection can be classified in more than one way. Working with a partner, students classify their own rock collection in multiple ways and record how they sorted the rocks. Finally, they write a conclusion about what they learned about classifying rocks and whether their initial prediction was correct.

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    This document provides directions for a science investigation called the "Rock Collection" task. Students are asked to read a story about two children who classify a rock collection in different ways. They then make a prediction about whether a rock collection can be classified in more than one way. Working with a partner, students classify their own rock collection in multiple ways and record how they sorted the rocks. Finally, they write a conclusion about what they learned about classifying rocks and whether their initial prediction was correct.

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    This document provides directions for a science investigation called the "Rock Collection" task. Students are asked to read a story about two children who classify a rock collection in different ways. They then make a prediction about whether a rock collection can be classified in more than one way. Working with a partner, students classify their own rock collection in multiple ways and record how they sorted the rocks. Finally, they write a conclusion about what they learned about classifying rocks and whether their initial prediction was correct.

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    Name: _________________________

    Date: ____________

    Rock Collection Inquiry Task


    Directions:
    You will conduct a science investigation called Rock Collection.
    1) Read the Rock Collection Story
    2) You will make a prediction of your own.
    3) Work with a partner to complete the investigation.
    4) Complete the paper on your own.
    Word Bank
    Classify: To group objects by their properties
    Property: A characteristic that you can observe with your senses
    Rock Collection Story
    Two children are looking at their rock collections. Heres what they say:
    Child 1: Your rock collection is cool! Why is it split in two different parts?
    Child 2: I split my collection into two parts because I classified my rocks by big
    and not big.
    Child 1: Thats awesome! Im going to classify my collection another way.
    Child 2: You cant do that! Theres no other way to classify a rock collection!
    Big

    Not Big

    Research Question: Is there more than one way to classify a rock collection?
    Make a Prediction
    Yes, there is more than one way to classify a rock collection, because ______
    _____________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________
    No, you cant classify a rock collection in more than one way, because _______
    _____________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________

    Work with your partner to classify your rock collection in as many ways as you
    can. Use the sorting mat on this page and write down the ways you classified the

    collection on the next page.

    How Did You Sort Your Rocks?


    ___________________

    ____________________

    ___________________

    ____________________

    ___________________

    ____________________

    Conclusion
    Complete back at your table by yourself.
    What did you learn about classifying rocks? Was your prediction right?
    Explain.
    _____________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________

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