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Students will be able to compare and contrast the formation of rock types and demonstrate the similarities and differences using the rock cycle model. Be as creative and choose from the following: -Create a video of an experiment demonstrating the rock cycle. -Make a detailed poster or picture collage explaining the rock cycle. -Tell the story of a rock going through the cycle through a comic strip or children's book. -Write a song, poem, or rap that fully explains the rock cycle.

This assessment provides students with the opportunity to express their knowledge about rocks as mineral mixtures through a choice of modalities. Students had the opportunity to choose any one of the following options: Rock Cycle Picture Collage, a Rock Wanted/Missing Poster, a poem, a rap song, a diary entry of a rock traveling through the rock cycle, a mobile of the three types of rocks, or a comic strip of a rock traveling through the rock cycle.