unit3-earthmaterials

This unit will be explored in conjunction with the "Earth Processes" unit. We will be learning about each of the various processes and then we will study the types of materials that result from or are associated with each process.

MINERALS TO KNOW - This list is all the minerals you will be responsible for in this class.

NOTES LESSONS AND FILES -

Click HERE to get access to the "Earth Materials" notes and activities (Files beginning with a 4.??)

Click HERE to get access to the "Earth Processess" notes and activities (Files beginning with a 3.??)

Web Articles and News

Paleoclimatology From Pebbles - find out how climatologists are learning about the past by studying soil buildup on tiny pebbles

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES

1 - Volcanic Hazards - ISS presentation and in class lab.

2 - Modelling Earth Quakes. ON CD in Labs 3 -

3 - Profiling an Igneous Intrusion.

4 - Alluvial Erosion and Diamond Prospecting -

5 - Glacial Processes and Diamond Prospecting -

***Mineral Identification and Rock Classification*** - Be sure to get a copy of the Mineral Identification chart from the class notes

Ongoing practice observing, describing and classifying basic rock forming minerals and the various rocks that they can compose. Designing a Classification Key to aid in this.

LAB ACTIVITIES

Earthquake Modelling Lab - ON google drive in Labs 3 - Practice Lab. Due May 12

Testing Factors that affect crystal growth. ON google drive in labs 4 - Not collected in 2015.

Testing factors that determine the nature of Mass Wasting Events - ON google drive in labs 3 Also known as the Utopia Lab. Due June 11.

VIDEOS

Extremophiles in Ocean Mud - Sediments holding Life - 13 minutes