Intel Education: Designing Effective Projects: Rock Our Town


	Designing Effective Projects: Rock Our Town Content Standards and Objectives

Targeted National Content Standards and Benchmarks
Science: Earth and Space
As a result of their activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding of

Structure of the Earth’s system

Arizona State Standards

Identify ways materials are cycled within the Earth’s system
Understand the processes acting on the Earth and their interaction with the Earth’s systems
Distinguish the components and characteristics of the rock cycle
Describe the processes that create and change rocks
Collect sufficient data to investigate a question, clarify information, and support an analysis
Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence

Student Objectives
Students will be able to:

Explain the properties of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
Compare the three types of rocks and the processes that form and reform them
Show understanding of the rock cycle
Identify ways minerals are used in our daily lives
Formulate a proposal for usage of native rocks locally
Understand financial parameters for mining

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