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Standards Covered:
SCIENCE INQUIRY AND APPLICATION During the years of grades 5-8, all students must use the following scientific processes, with appropriate laboratory safety techniques, to construct their knowledge and understanding in all science content areas.
Rocks, Minerals and Soil This topic focuses on the study of rocks, minerals and soil, which make up the lithosphere. Classifying and identifying different types of rocks, minerals and soil can decode the past environment in which they formed.
Grade 6 Concepts:
Most rocks are composed of one or more minerals. Minerals have specific properties that can be used for identification. The properties that can be used for testing minerals include luster, hardness, cleavage, streak, magnetism, fluorescence and/ or crystal shape. The emphasis is on learning how to identify the mineral by conducting tests (not through memorization). Common minerals (including those on Mohs’ hardness scale) must be used in the identification process. A representative sample of minerals can be used so that different testing methods can be applied and demonstrated. Appropriate tools and safety procedures must be used to test mineral properties. Technology can provide identification information and research materials to assist in mineral investigations. Minerals present in rocks can help identify the rocks correctly. Minerals can indicate the type of environment in which the rock and/or mineral formed. Some minerals (e.g., halite, varieties of gypsum) form through evaporation and some (e.g., calcite) form through a variety of chemical processes. Other minerals (e.g., feldspar varieties, magnetite, varieties of quartz) form in an igneous environment and some minerals (e.g., epidote) form in a metamorphic environment.
I Can Statements:
I CAN statements for the months of October/November:
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE Rocks, Minerals and Soil This topic focuses on the study of rocks, minerals and soil, which make up the lithosphere. Classifying and identifying different types of rocks, minerals and soil can decode the past environment in which they formed.
Grade 6 Concepts Most rocks are composed of one or more minerals. Minerals have specific properties that can be used for identification. The properties that can be used for testing minerals include luster, hardness, cleavage, streak, magnetism, fluorescence and/ or crystal shape. The emphasis is on learning how to identify the mineral by conducting tests (not through memorization). Common minerals (including those on Mohs’ hardness scale) must be used in the identification process. A representative sample of minerals can be used so that different testing methods can be applied and demonstrated. Appropriate tools and safety procedures must be used to test mineral properties. Technology can provide identification information and research materials to assist in mineral investigations. Minerals present in rocks can help identify the rocks correctly. Minerals can indicate the type of environment in which the rock and/or mineral formed. Some minerals (e.g., halite, varieties of gypsum) form through evaporation and some (e.g., calcite) form through a variety of chemical processes. Other minerals (e.g., feldspar varieties, magnetite, varieties of quartz) form in an igneous environment and some minerals (e.g., epidote) form in a metamorphic environment.
I can explain minerals have specific, quantifiable properties.
I can explain igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks have unique characteristics that can be used for identification and/or classification.
I can describe how igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks form in different ways.
I can identify soil is an unconsolidated material that contains nutrient matter and weathered rock.
I can recognize rocks, minerals and soils have common and practical uses.
I CAN statements for the months of December/January: