Metamorphic Rocks Lesson: Heat & Pressure, Grades 5-8 Earth Science

Squeeze a lump of bread dough as hard as you can. Does it melt? What changes? This lesson uses that question to teach metamorphic rock: rock that changes under heat and pressure without ever melting.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Answer key, 1 page

Answer key included

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