Crust Crackers Rock Lab
Scratch, streak and crack open the secrets of rocks!
Pairs become geologists: they sort real rocks by colour, texture and grain, scratch and streak mystery samples, find the rocks in their own school buildings, shake rocks to watch weathering, wash away a sand hillside and model the layers inside the Earth.
K–6 + HPGE
Hands-on
Investigations
Inquiry Based
Primary School Workshops
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What's In Crust Crackers Rock Lab?
A hands-on workshop about rocks and minerals: how can we tell one rock from another? Every student investigates with a challenge card matched to your stage.
Every session opens with a mystery rock, and ends with the class using their tests to crack its identity.
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Year Levels
K–6 + HPGE
Duration
60 or 90 minutes
Group Size
Up to 32
Price (incl GST)
$690 (60 min)
$21.56 per student
$790 (90 min)
$24.69 per student
Differentiated challenge cards matched to your class
Choose experiences to match your class interests
Predict, test, observe and explain
THE CRAZY SCIENTIST DIFFERENCE
Multiple Investigations. Learning Matched to Every Stage
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Explore the learning at your stage.
Early Stage 1 — Crust Crackers Rock Lab
Early Stage 1 cards help students explore rocks with their senses and describe them using words like smooth, rough, shiny and dull.
Relevant NSW Science & Technology outcomes (2024)
Every group works from a Early Stage 1 challenge card written for these outcomes.
✓ STe-SCI-01 — Objects are made of materials that have observable properties
Recognise that properties of materials can be observed using the senses
See the Science in Action
LEARNING BEYOND THE WOW
What Students learn & How We Support Teachers
What Your Students Will Learn
Describe rocks by colour, texture and grain
Test rocks for hardness and streak
Group rocks by how they formed
Explain how rocks change over time
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
How we support teachers
Challenge cards for every stage, used by
students during the session.
Classroom follow-up experiments to keep the learning going
Risk assessment, Working With Children Check and public liability insurance details, sent before your visit
Thinking skills students practise
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Workshop Requirements & Bookings
Everything You Need to Know
Up to 32 students per session
Group Size
60 minutes
Session Time
A classroom with tables for 16 pairs. Everything runs inside.
Space & Setup
All materials, equipment, safety glasses and stage challenge cards.
What we Provide
“Want something to take home? Ask about our take-home extras when you enquire.”
Enquire About This Workshop
30+ Years Teaching Science
Experienced science teacher designing activities that keep children engaged, involved and learning.
We Bring Everything
Experiments, equipment and materials come with us — you just provide the space and the kids.
Tailored to Your School
Activities are adjusted to suit your class’s stage
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