April 23 to May 4 - Minerals and the Rock Cycle

Warm-up

4/23 Read "Tunnel Vision" on pages 20-22 in ScienceWorld, 4/23

1. Why are they digging a new tunnel under Lake Meed?

2. What sort of problems are occurring along the Colorado River Basin?

3. How do dendrochronologists predict past climate?

4/24 In Mohs Scale: (DE pg 150)

What is the softest material in Mohs Scale?

What is the hardest?

What are two simple tests you can do to find the level of a mineral on Moh's scale?

4/27 Describe what happens in each of the three ways minerals are formed? (DE 144-145)

1. Magma and Lava -

2. Metamorphism -

3. From Solutions -

4/28 Make a Venn diagram showing the difference between Silicate and Nonsilicate minerals.

4/29 Make a Venn diagram showing the similarities and differences between how table salt and Sugar (sucrose) form into minerals.

5/1 Read "Jurassic Reality Check" in ScienceWorld May 4, 2015 pages 14-17

1) Why is a 1996 discovery of a dinosaur with feathers in China important?

2) What did they get wrong in Jurassic World?

3) What did they get right?

5/5 How is the texture of Intrusive Igneous rock different than Extrusive Igneous Rock? (DE pgs 174-175)

5/8 Read "Mining for Electronics" in ScienceWorld December 9, 2013, pages 18-19

1. Why are rare earth materials important for electronics?

2. Where do most rare earth minerals come from today?

3. What are some of the elements in these minerals used for?

4. What are scientists and engineers doing to insure we will have enough in the future?

Objectives

Describe the basic structure of minerals.

Identify different minerals by their properties.

Describe a series of processes that material may go through in the rock cycle.

Describe the formation and classification of the three classes of rocks.

Earth Materials - Sedimentary Rocks - pearsoncmg.com - interactive audio-visual tutorial.Earth Materials - Metamorphic Rocks - pearsoncmg.com - interactive audio-visual tutorial.