2nd & 3rd Grade Earth Science Unit – Types of Rocks Minerals and Types of Soil

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Teaching students about Earth Science Unit – Types of Rocks Minerals and Types of Soil couldn’t be easier with this NO-PREP resource! This product is a bundle of two activity packs perfect for a 2nd & 3rd Grade Earth Science Unit. Your class will love learning about Types of Rocks, Minerals, and Types of Soil with these fun activities, labs, vocabulary posters, worksheets, and more! This product is jam-packed with resources ready to print and use!

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This 2nd & 3rd Grade Earth Science Unit Will Teach Your Students About…

• Rocks (What they are made of and their properties)
• Types of rocks (Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic)
• Minerals (Examples and characteristics)
• Geologists (Who are they and what do they do)
• Soil (What it is and its purpose)
• Types of soil (clay, silt, and sand)
• The different layers of soil (humus, topsoil, subsoil, parent rock, and bedrock)
• Properties and characteristics of each type of soil

2nd & 3rd Grade Earth Science Unit – Types of Rocks Minerals and Types of Soil Bundle Includes:

Types of Soil Activities & Layers of Soil:

• 6 easy-to-follow lessons
• A mini vocabulary word wall
• Vocabulary cards with definitions
• Mini Vocabulary Posters with high-quality real-life pictures
• Vocabulary Foldables and notes page
• Anchor chart ideas and resources
• Fun printable posters
• Nonfiction reader to help you introduce the topic (great for printing or to display on a TV screen)
• Create your own picture book activity
• I found some dirt, soil, and rocks foldable
• Different Soils sorting activity
• What’s in the soil investigation
• Layers of Soil Experiment and Lab
• Layers of Soil diagram
• Yummy Layers of Soil Model (students will recreate the different layers of soil using fun food)
• KWL chart
• Bubble map
• 3.2.1 notes page
• 4 square activity
• Types of soil foldable
• Types of soil description worksheet 
• Layers of soil description worksheet 
• Types of soil cut and sort activity 
• Wordsearch
• Drawing prompts
• Writing papers
• End of the unit quiz and key

Types of Rocks & Minerals Activities:

• 5 easy to follow lessons
• A mini vocabulary word wall
• Vocabulary cards with definitions
• Mini Vocabulary Posters with high-quality real-life pictures
• Vocabulary Foldables and notes page
• Anchor chart ideas and resources
• Fun printable posters
• Nonfiction reader to help you introduce the topic (great for printing or to display on a TV screen. 
• Create your own picture book activity
• Properties of Rocks investigation 
• Mass and Size investigation
• More Properties or Rocks Online Lab
• KWL chart
• Bubble map
• 3.2.1 notes page
• Types of rocks T Chart
• Types of rocks foldable
• Types of rocks description worksheet 
• Properties hunt (investigate things that are shiny, hard, rough, and soft)
• Properties hunt (investigate things that are smooth, bumpy, dull, and squishy)
• 4 square activity
• I spy facts in a book activity 
• Types of rocks cut and sort activity 
• Wordsearch
• Drawing prompts
• Writing papers
• End of the unit quiz and key

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⭐ Great resource!  Lots of good options and examples.  I was especially please that it took a potential “dry” topic like soil and made it interesting and engaging for the students.

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