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Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon where a person sees a face, object, animal or some other meaningful image from a nebulous stimulus. Basically pareidolia is the act of seeing something where the image of that thing visually emerges from an ambiguous image.

Common examples of the type of objects people perceive are animals, faces, or other everyday objects. Clouds, rocks and other formations are the typical sources for pareidolia. The Man in the Moon is an example of pareidolia with which most people are familiar.

Rules of the Game

In Rock-IT! a random rock is selected from a set of 52 rocks. All of the rocks in this game were found at Malibu beach in California. By carefully examining the rock and applying a little creativity, the player will recognize a face, object, figure, space alien or some other object.

The purpose of the game is to see as many objects as possible within the selected timeframe. The timer can be set to 1, 3 or 5 minutes. Up to 8 participants can play in any single game. The players are designated as ‘Player #1’, ‘Player #2’, and so on.

Once the timer starts players study the rock and write down the name of anything they see. Players can use the official Rock-IT! score sheets or they can use the Notes app on their iPhones to make a record of their images. When the allotted time in complete the players put down their pencils and begin scoring the round. A player reads aloud one of their answers. If other players have the same answer all players with that answer score one point. If no other player has that same answer, the player must justify the answer by explaining how it was found on the rock. Player’s vote to accept or not accept the answer. Agreement by all players that the answer is recognizable is required in order to score a point for the answer.

When all players have scored their answers tap the scoreboard icon and record the scores. Continue to the next round. There are three rounds in each game. The player with the most points at the end of round 3 wins the game.

[ See also Math Bingo K-6 ]

Special features make using Rock-IT! fun:

1. The app accomodates up to 8 players.

2. Rocks are randomly selected, and offer creative inspiration.

3. Players show their creativity and socially interact to explain their answers.

4. Speech and sound effects can be turned on or off.

5. Available for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.

6. Find instructions and more details here.

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Download printable copies of the official
Rock-IT! scoresheet by clicking here.

Directions: Use a copy of the scoresheet to list the images that you see in the rock. Put a check in the box if your image is accepted by the other players. Your score for the round is the number of checks.

 
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Instructions for how to use the Rock-IT! app.  
Tap the info icon to read about the Rock-IT! Game and learn the rules.  
Tap the dice to randomly select a rock from the Rock-IT! Game Malibu rock collection. Swipe right or left to sequentially scroll through the set of rocks.  
Turn sound on or off by tapping the speaker icon.  
Turn speech on or off by tapping the speech icon.  
Tap the scoreboard icon to access the scoreboard where you can record the players names and enter a score for each player. The green bar slides up and down on the scoreboard to select a player. The blue bar slides right or left to select a round. Tap the up or down arrows to enter a score for each player at the end of a round.  
After you tap the trash can icon a dialog box will appear on the screen. You can choose to clear just the scores or both the scores and player names.  
The settings screen is accessed by tapping the gear icon. The setting screens has two rocks that function as sliders. Move the sound slider up or down to select the sound effect used to signal the end of the round when sound is on. Move the timer slider right or left to select the duration of each round.  
Stop and reset the timer function by tapping the red square or stop icon.  
Pause the timer function by tapping pause icon.  
Start the timer function by tapping the run icon. The duration of a round is determined using the settings screen.  
Slide the target icon to indicate to the other players an area of the rock where you imagined seeing an image. Use it to help score a point.  
Tap the magnifying glass icon to zoom up and get a closer look at the rock. When in zoom mode the rock can be moved by dragging. Tap the magnifying glass again to exit from zoom mode.  
Tap the rotate left or rotate right icons to turn the rock. Sometimes by rotating the rock a new image will emerge.  
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Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon where a person sees a face, object, animal or some other meaningful image from a nebulous stimulus. Basically pareidolia is the act of seeing something where the image of that thing visually emerges from an ambiguous image.

Common examples of the type of objects people perceive are animals, faces, or other everyday objects. Clouds, rocks and other formations are the typical sources for pareidolia. The Man in the Moon is an example of pareidolia with which most people are familiar.

Rules of the Game

In Rock-IT! a random rock is selected from a set of rocks. All of the rocks in this game were found at Malibu beach in California. By carefully examining the rock and applying a little creativity, the player will recognize a face, object, figure, space alien or some other object.

The purpose of the game is to see as many objects as possible within the selected timeframe. The timer can be set to 1, 3 or 5 minutes. Up to 8 participants can play in any single game. The players are designated as ‘Player #1’, ‘Player #2’, and so on.

Once the timer starts players study the rock and write down the name of anything they see. When the allotted time in complete the players put down their pencils and begin scoring the round. A player reads aloud one of their answers. If other players have the same answer all players with that answer score one point. If no other player has that same answer, the player must justify the answer by explaining how it was found on the rock. Player’s vote to accept or not accept the answer. Agreement by all players that the answer is recognizable is required in order to score a point for the answer.

When all players have scored their answers tap the scoreboard icon and record the scores. Continue to the next round. There are three rounds in each game. The player with the most points at the end of round 3 wins the game.