NewPath Learning is an online destination for K-12 content for science, math, English language arts, and social studies. These come in the form of multimedia lessons, videos, and 35,000+ standards-based interactive assessment prep questions that can be accessed by grade, subject, topic, and state standards.
The platform also offers tools for teachers to create custom lessons using the site's content, the educator's own materials, or online resources from the likes of YouTube, Flickr, and Khan Academy. Teachers also have access to a classroom management system that allows them to assign lessons to individual students and track their progress and results.
The site also hosts a large collection of print products (games, flip charts, learning guides, posters, etc.) that the company had produced in the past.
In this lesson, students will identify different minerals virtually using NewPath Learning Mineral Identification: Virtual Investigation.
The learners will choose one Minerals and will observe the different properties of minerals. After they record their observations, the learners answer the guide questions indicated on their activity sheet.
To explore the Mineral Identification: Virtual Investigation, click on the link below:
In this worksheet, the NewPath Learning "Mineral Identification: Virtual Investigation" was used in Explore parts of the lesson.
As students navigate the application, they will choose one mineral and they will test seven properties of minerals that need to be tested in identifying minerals. After writing their observations, they will refer to the Mineral Identification Chart to identify the minerals.
Watch this video to learn more about how to create a basic online manipulative for your class!