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Although it is not obvious to the casual observer, rocks absorb water. You can ask your students to observe rocks all day long and they will not be able to tell if the rocks they are observing are absorbing water. However, there is an investigation which allows students to discover that rocks absorb water and how much water specific rocks absorb.

Students conduct an experiment to determine the ability of rocks to absorb and retain water, making connections with the concepts of porosity and permeability in rocks.

Students create their sandstone as they investigate the processes of the rock cycle.

Jeopardy.Rocks is a website where you can create/ share your own free jeopardy games. Here are two review games I created. One includes Literature concepts and the other is a review for "The Pearl."