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Explore Valuable Minerals in Rocks

Students will learn how rocks can reveal valuable minerals through tests, inquiries, and discussions. Activities include mineral quiz, lab practical, and mineral identification labs. Practical procedures focus on mineral discovery in the forest.

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Explore Valuable Minerals in Rocks

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  1. Thank you for not chewing gum  • Materials: • Pencil • Notebook • Lab Book pg. B-29 • Worksheet – Act 18 September 14 Daily Question: Imagine you are hiking and find a rock with shiny minerals in it. Your friend thinks it is a diamond. What tests would you run to find out? Why. • Today’s Agenda: • Bell work/Agenda • Minerals QUIZ • Act 18 Objective: Today we will investigate how rocks can be used to find valuable minerals.

  2. Mineral QUIZ • Go to socrative.com • Student log in • APRMERRITT • Last, First Things to work on when you are done: • Lab Report • Reading • Mathia • Other HW? Lab Practical: You may use your book! Pages B-8, B-9 and B-17

  3. Reflection #2: • How have some of the mineral identification labs helped you identify the minerals that make up rocks? • What do you still need to learn? • What will you do to get to a 3 or 4?

  4. Activity 18 - Every rock tells a story • Procedure: • 1)Read page B-31 – Discovery of Diamonds in Roughpoint National Forest Before/after the reading questions _____Rocks are made of minerals _____ All minerals are valuable _____Minerals are found all over the Earth _____ It is easy to find valuable minerals _____ A mineral like calcite can only be found in one type of rock. AQ 1-4

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