Earth Science Rocks!Warm up September 13

Question: If you found a mineral, what are

some things that you could do to identify that mineral?

Tropical Storm Maria22N, 68W

Earth Science Rocks!

MYP Unit Question: What’s a world without rocks?

Area of Interaction: Human Ingenuity

Learner Profile: Thinker

Earth Science Rocks!Standard: Investigate the scientific view of how the Earth’s surface is formed.

Essential Question: What concepts about minerals do I need to review?

IB Mineral Identification Lab

Mineral Mineral Mineral 1 2 3

Density

The measure of how much matter is in a given amount of space

Chemical structure of gold and copper. Which is more dense?

Scratch Test/Streak Test

Review Time!

1. Mineral Characteristics2. Identifying Minerals3. Special properties of minerals4. Moh’s hardness scale5. Silicates and non-silicates6. Crystals—how and why they form7. Ores and Mining8. Gemstones and Georgia’s state mineral