Rocks & Minerals
In our class students explore the properties, uses, and origins of rocks and minerals. Students will do hands on experiments by observing, experimenting, and recording results. Experiments will be done in small cooperative groups. Students will also read about the types, properties, and uses of various rocks and minerals. They learn how a minerals properties help with its identification.
Learning Targets:
In our class students explore the properties, uses, and origins of rocks and minerals. Students will do hands on experiments by observing, experimenting, and recording results. Experiments will be done in small cooperative groups. Students will also read about the types, properties, and uses of various rocks and minerals. They learn how a minerals properties help with its identification.
Learning Targets:
- Develop an interest in earth materials.
- Gain experiences with rocks and minerals.
- Understand the process of taking apart and putting together to find out about materials.
- Use measuring tools to gather data about rocks.
- Collect and organize data about rocks.
- Observe, describe, and record properties of minerals.
- Organize minerals on the basis of the property of hardness.
- Investigate the effect of vinegar (acid) on a specific mineral, calcite
- Learn that rocks are composed of minerals and that minerals cannot be physically separated into other materials.
- Compare their activities to the work of a geologist.
- Acquire vocabulary used in earth science.
- Use scientific thinking processes to conduct investigations and build explanations: observing, communicating, comparing, and organizing.