3/3 - Make a Bohr model of Carbon. What charges do electrons, protons and neutrons have?

3/4 - Activity: Element Builder Gizmo at Explorelearning.com. Login with your username and password, or cbright92 and 1 if yours does not work.

3/7 - Describe what happens in each of the three ways minerals are formed? (DE 144-145)

1. Magma and Lava -

2. Metamorphism -

3. From Solutions -

3/8 - Make a Venn diagram showing the difference between Silicate and Nonsilicate minerals.

3/15 - On the Rock Cycle Diagram:

1. Color the 5 different processes with a different color.

2. Is there only one sequence of steps to the rock cycle?

3. Paste diagram onto a left hand page of your notebook so you can take notes on the right.

3/16 Activity: Rock Cycle Gizmo at Explorelearning.com . If your username and password do not work, use cbright92 and 1.

3/17

3/17 - How is the texture of Intrusive Igneous rock different than Extrusive Igneous Rock? (DE pgs 174-175)

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?