Classifying Rocks based on their properties lesson KS2

This lesson is an engaging resource where the children are classifying rocks based on their properties. When we completed this lesson, we had already done a lesson on the properties of different rocks so had findings to work with already. However, you could incorporate the properties into this lesson too.

The lesson comes with the complete lesson PowerPoint and resources.

Brief structure of lesson:
Retrieval practice
Name that rock
Whole class quiz questions for property definitions
Guided practice for classifying rocks
Independent sorting and classifying rocks
Challenge questions
Extend to think about sorting into igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic