San Francisco State University - SF ROCKS

Reaching Out to Communities and Kids with Science in San Francisco.

Lesson Plans

SF-ROCKS supports teacher efforts in the classroom by developing classroom activites for middle school teachers. Below are activities designed to illustrate geoscience concepts in the classroom. Each activity engages students from an inquiry-based learning perspective.

For Local Teachers:
SF-ROCKS has classroom-material sets for some of the lesson plans below. Please contact us if you are interested in borrowing our materials.

• Salad Tray 3D Topogaphic Model - [Download]
• Then and Now - A Watershed in San Francisco - [Download]
• Tracing Highs and Lows in San Francisco - [Download]
• Volcano Contours Activity - [Download]
• When It Rains, It Drains - [Download]
• Where are the Watersheds in San Francisco? - [Download]