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Sorting the Rock Tray is a free printable Grade 2 science worksheet on classifying rocks and soils by how they look and feel, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 2-PS1-1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Sorting the Rock Tray

2-PS1-1

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Sort each one into the right group.

1.Sort each one: Rough to touch or Smooth to touch or Made of tiny loose grains?

Sort: A spoonful of red desert sand, A small round pebble from a stream, A lump of sandstone that feels like sandpaper

Rough to touchSmooth to touchMade of tiny loose grains
2.Sort each one: Rough to touch or Smooth to touch or Made of tiny loose grains?

Sort: A smooth black beach pebble, A scoop of dark crumbly garden soil, A bumpy brown rock from a field wall

Rough to touchSmooth to touchMade of tiny loose grains
3.Sort each one: Rough to touch or Smooth to touch or Made of tiny loose grains?

Sort: A shiny glassy piece of black obsidian, A handful of dry yellow sand, A gray lump of lava rock full of holes

Rough to touchSmooth to touchMade of tiny loose grains

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Answer key — Sorting the Rock Tray

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A lump of sandstone that feels like sandpaper — Rough to touch 2. A small round pebble from a stream — Smooth to touch 3. A spoonful of red desert sand — Made of tiny loose grains
  2. 2.1. A bumpy brown rock from a field wall — Rough to touch 2. A scoop of dark crumbly garden soil — Made of tiny loose grains 3. A smooth black beach pebble — Smooth to touch
  3. 3.1. A gray lump of lava rock full of holes — Rough to touch 2. A handful of dry yellow sand — Made of tiny loose grains 3. A shiny glassy piece of black obsidian — Smooth to touch

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2-PS1-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.