If COMPLETE is what you need - this full science unit has everything you need to teach your students about rocks and minerals to your third grade, fourth grade, or fifth grade students. Students will learn about the layers of the Earth, how rocks form, types of rocks, the rock cycle, mineral properties, and fossils. Resources include a teacher guide, hands-on students activities (printable or digital), learning centers, review activities, and unit assessment. Teaching science shouldn't be complicated. You need a resource that's simply laid out for you so that you can deliver rigorous lessons that your students crave (without all the work that comes with creating it)! Luckily, you've got The Classroom Nook! I've taken the leg work out of creating a unit that is complete from top to bottom, interactive, engaging, and just plain FUN for you and your students. HOW IT WORKS: Each lesson has 3 components to help you structure your instruction effortlessly. Introduction - During this portion of the lesson you'll review previously learned content and add on or introduce new concepts and content vocabulary that students will be working on that day. You'll start as a whole group using anchor slides before breaking out into small groups for hands-on practice. Lesson Activity - During this time of your lessons students will "get their feet wet" through hands-on experiments and practice, often in partners or small groups. Students will interact with each other and apply what they are learning in real-world activities. They'll record their learning all in one place in their students activity packet. Lesson Reflection - Bring students back together at the end of the lesson to review, share, and discuss what they have learned during the lesson activity. Students reflect on what they've learned through journal questions right in their student activity packet. WHAT'S INCLUDED: Teacher guide with everything you need for each lesson. All needed resources are downloadable directly from the guide making prep a breeze! The teacher guide includes a unit overview and daily lesson plans. The lesson plans include detailed information about student objective, materials needed, teacher preparation required, and the steps on how to conduct the lesson. You'll even find sample anchor charts & answer keys embedded right into the teacher guide. Student geo-guide that goes along with each lesson and includes a journal question for each day. [google classroom compatible] Anchor slides that go hand in hand with the lessons. The slides are interactive and beautifully laid out to grab your students' attention! The anchor slides are provided in PowerPoint, PNG image files, and a PDF. Layers of the Earth craft to illustrate where geologist find rocks and minerals [google classroom compatible] Rock pictures for an introductory lesson on rocks [google classroom compatible] Article on mineral properties [google classroom compatible] A mineral property testing guide to help students test the different properties of several minerals [google classroom compatible] A set of 5 fossil discovery learning folders where students explore fossils and the types of rock that fossils are found in, Rocks and minerals LINKtivity® digital learning guide to help students review everything that they have learned throughout the unit. (+ a student flipbook to create a study guide) [google classroom compatible] End of Unit Assessment [google classroom compatible] Bulletin board set to reinforce the content learned for each lesson CONCEPTS COVERED: What are rocks and minerals? Layers of the Earth How do rocks form? The 3 types of rocks (sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic) Mineral properties The rock cycle Fossils (where they are found, types of fossils, how they are studied, fossil fuels, fossil discoveries)  Students will learn through small group and whole group activities, experiments, videos, centers, technology and more! WHAT OTHER TEACHERS ARE SAYING... ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"My students absolutely loved this unit!! It was colourful, very user friendly and engaging for use in Google Classroom. I am excited to use the same materials this year for in person learning as all activities were well organized and visually well designed. Thank you for creating such an amazing resource!!" - Sylvia T., 4th grade teacher ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"This resource was ABSOLUTELY amazing! I COULD NOT have taught rocks and minerals digitally without it! The kids loved it and it was easy to use in distance learning." - Melissa R., 4th grade teacher ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"This was a great resource to teach rocks & minerals. We are using google classroom so this was perfect! I can't brag on this enough. It has absolutely everything! So engaging. My students loved it! ...The LINKtivity was fantastic. My students really loved it. Graphics were great! Very colorful. Made learning fun for my students." - Danielle C., 3rd grade teacher Be sure to check out the detailed sample to get a a clear idea of everything that is included! MORE SCIENCE UNITS Sun Moon and Earth Measuring Matter Force and Motion Plants Animals & Ecosystems