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Rock On!
An interactive investigation of rocks and minerals.
Ellen Rubin
March 8, 2008
Are you ready to rock?In this lesson you will……
• Identify the similarities and differences between rocks and minerals.
• Discover the three ways rocks are classified.• Explore a virtual kitchen to find rocks and
minerals. • Participate in a virtual prospecting tour in
Georgia.• Choose three activities to reinforce and present
what you have learned.
What is a mineral?
• A mineral is an non living naturally-occurring crystalline solid.
• A mineral is composed of the same substance throughout.
• There are about 3000 different minerals in the world.
Click the hat for a video clip.
How is a rock like a cookie?
• Rocks are the most common material on Earth.
• A rock is made up of 2 or more minerals.
• Think of a chocolate chip cookie as a rock. The cookie is made of flour, butter, sugar & chocolate.
• The cookie is like a rock and the flour, butter, sugar & chocolate are like minerals.
• You need minerals to make rocks, but you don't need rocks to make minerals.
• All rocks are made of minerals.
video
Rock Families• All rocks fall into three groups based on how they were
formed.
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video
• Igneous rocks form from melted rock deep inside the Earth.
• Sedimentary rocks form from layers of sand, silt, dead plants, and animal skeletons.
• Metamorphic rocks form from other rocks that are changed by heat and pressure underground.
How do we indentify rocks and minerals?
These are called properties.
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Let’s Review… click on the correct answer
All rocks are made of______________. A mineral is composed of the same substance throughout.
These rocks form from melted rock deep inside the Earth.
These rocks form from layers of sand, silt, and dead plants.
These rocks form from other rocks that are changed by heat and pressure underground.
Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Metamorphic Sedimentary
SedimentaryIgneous
Sand Minerals SoilTrue False
Let’s go prospecting!Click below for a virtual prospecting tour
• http://
Rocks in your cabinet?• Click on the kitchen to discover which
rocks and minerals are in your kitchen.
Hot List
• If Rocks Could Talk
• Rocks in Your Cabinet
• Let's Go Prospecting
• Rocks for Kids
• Rock Test
Citations
• www.geo-tools.com/products.htm
• http://www.amnh.org/ology/earth/ifrockscouldtalk/index.html
• http://hof.povray.org/kitchen.html
• www.americanprofile.com/.../36/20536/24p210.jpg Prospecting
• http://www.amnh.org/ology/earth/ifrockscouldtalk/index.html