Name: __________________________________________ Class: ______ Date: _______________Due Date:_______________

ROCK BIOGRAPHY
Pick a rock and write its life story. Creativity is encouraged! Your rock should go through each of the three rock types (igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary). Your story should be factual and you should use the assigned vocabulary words properly. Be as descriptive as possible; get to know your rock! You do not have to use specific rock types (like limestone or obsidian) Your biography should be in a book form (fold paper in half to make a booklet). Your book should be at least 6 pages long with at least 2 sentences per page. Illustrate each page of your book. Staple or tape this paper to the back of your book. Put a check by items below once you have completed them. Your teacher will put your grade in the Points column.
when Item Points done The following words must be accurately described in detail, the reader should be able to learn what they mean. You can use a different form of the word like compact instead of compaction.

Fossils or No Fossils The rock is transformed into all three rock types in a correct order There are 6 pages There are 2 sentences per page There are 6 illustrations (one per page) (1 point each) Illustrations are colored original and detailed (1 point each) The story is readable, clean, neat, and attractive Total

Igneous Melting Cooling Sedimentary Cementing Compacting Metamorphic Pressure Heat Texture Crystal size Lava or Magma (choose one, or use both) Intrusive or Extrusive (choose one, or use both) Banded or Nonbanded (choose one, or use both)

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