Minerals page
**supplies needed - see sign up sheet when time - full list at the bottom of the page
Essential Question #1: - What specific characteristics must be present for something to be classified as a mineral?
Essential Question #2: - How can minerals be identified (streak, reaction to acid, texture, smell, luster, hardness, crystal shape and reaction to magnets) and used as natural resources in our everyday life?
**Vocabulary - Section 1 - mineral, inorganic, crystal, streak, luster, Mohs hardness scale, cleavage, fracture
Section 2 - geode, crystallization, magma, lava, solution,vein
Section 3 - gemstone, ore, smelting, alloy
Rocks page
*supplies needed - 1 straight see through bottle (like the Sparkling Ice bottles - see picture at the bottom of the page
Essential Question #1: - What is the composition of the earth’s crust (including sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous rocks, soil and minerals)?
**Vocabulary - Section 1 - rock-forming mineral, granite, basalt, grains, texture, igneous rock, sedimentary rock,
metamorphic rock
Section 2 - extrusive rock, intrusive rock, silica
Section 3 - sediment, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation, clastic rock, organic rock,
chemical rock
Section 4 - coral reef
Section 5 - foliated
Section 6 - rock cycle
**supplies needed - see sign up sheet when time - full list at the bottom of the page
Essential Question #1: - What specific characteristics must be present for something to be classified as a mineral?
Essential Question #2: - How can minerals be identified (streak, reaction to acid, texture, smell, luster, hardness, crystal shape and reaction to magnets) and used as natural resources in our everyday life?
**Vocabulary - Section 1 - mineral, inorganic, crystal, streak, luster, Mohs hardness scale, cleavage, fracture
Section 2 - geode, crystallization, magma, lava, solution,vein
Section 3 - gemstone, ore, smelting, alloy
Rocks page
*supplies needed - 1 straight see through bottle (like the Sparkling Ice bottles - see picture at the bottom of the page
Essential Question #1: - What is the composition of the earth’s crust (including sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous rocks, soil and minerals)?
**Vocabulary - Section 1 - rock-forming mineral, granite, basalt, grains, texture, igneous rock, sedimentary rock,
metamorphic rock
Section 2 - extrusive rock, intrusive rock, silica
Section 3 - sediment, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation, clastic rock, organic rock,
chemical rock
Section 4 - coral reef
Section 5 - foliated
Section 6 - rock cycle
The list is for an entire class. A sign up list will come out later.
Borax 4 pounds
Oxi Clean 3 pounds
(sodium percarbonate if you want to buy it for less)
Baking Soda 4 pounds
Washing Soda 3 pounds
(soda ash or soda carbonate if you want to buy it for less)
Purex Crystals 2 pounds
Fels Naptha Soap 2 bars
Borax 4 pounds
Oxi Clean 3 pounds
(sodium percarbonate if you want to buy it for less)
Baking Soda 4 pounds
Washing Soda 3 pounds
(soda ash or soda carbonate if you want to buy it for less)
Purex Crystals 2 pounds
Fels Naptha Soap 2 bars