Monday (2/25)

• How minerals form
• Outline important information using the mind map handout.
• Answer questions using your mind map

Tuesday (2/26)

• Mysteries of a cave
• What do caves have to do with what we are learning?
• Write 15 facts

Wednesday (2/27)

• Most commin rock forming minerals
• Most common Element Pie Chart
• Print a Protractor

Thursday (2/28)

       Answer the following question

• Essential Question: What are the most common rock forming minerals? 

  Chose 2 minerals from the list (think about their properties: color, hardness, cleavage/fracture, etc) using their properties, predict what type of properties and a common use for a rock made of the two minerals.

• Living in the Northwest
  Print final procedures to take home to start testing hypothesis
  Test has to be conducted three different times
• LIN Symposium is May 28th

Friday (2/29)

• Mineral Review
• What is a Solution?
• Properties of a mineral
• How minerals form
• Test on Monday

Monday (2/18)

• No School

Tuesday (2/19)

• No School

Wednesday (2/20)

• No School

Thursday (2/21)

• What is a Mineral?

• What is a mineral Pictorial

• True or False

  _______ 1.  Minerals can be manmade.

  _______ 2. Minerals can be a liquid.

  _______ 3. One of the worst ways to identify a mineral is color.

  _______ 4. Minerals are classified according to their chemical and physical properties.

  _______ 5. All minerals have a specific chemical makeup that is like a chemical recipe

Friday (2/22)

• Hot Rocks 2: Salt
  What is the process that creates salt?
  
  

Monday (2/11)

• What is a mineral? Investigate

Tuesday (2/12)

• Investigate: Part D
• Mineral Identification

Wednesday (2/13)

• Properties of Minerals
• Science Logs: Outline by changing the headings into questions.  All imortant information should answer the question.  There is not one answer. 
  Rather are several "statement" answers
• Reading Questions
• Due Friday 2/15

Thursday (2/14)

• Mind map reading activity
  Using your outline notes from "Properties of Minerals" reading, organize the information into a mind map.
• Crystalline Structure Mobile
  Hexagonal
  Monoclinic
  Cubic
  Tetragonal
  Orthorhombic
  Triclinic
  Decorate the six crystal structures (be as creative a possible)
  Create a hanging mobile (using materials from home) - mobile must include the following items
  * Name of crystal structure
  * Description of the crystal
  * Internal structure
  * Examples of minerals that have the crystal structure
  Due Thrusday, 2/21
  
  

Friday (2/15)

• Mineral Video
• Half Day

Monday (2/4)

• Pure vs. Impure Substances Pictorial
  Pictorial needs to be copied as a "flow chart" be sure to include examples and drawings
• Geoword "Pictionary" Assignment
  Be organized - Using a grid is an option
  Write the definition for each term (in your own words)
  Find a picture that represents each word and paste it with the definition
  
  Geowords
• Matter
• Pure substance
• Mixture
• Element
• Compound
• Heterogeneous Mixture
• Homogenous Mixture
• Suspension
• Colloidal Suspension
• Physical property
  Due Friday 2/8

Tuesday (2/5)

• Content Dictionary Explanation
• Observation Charts
• What do we know about minerals? What questions do we have about minerals?

Wednesday (2/6)

• Content Dictionary Chart
  Complete chart by first predicting what you think each word means.  Once yuo've made a prediction for each word, then find the definition.  When using resources outside of the textbook... remember to search for "mineral" related definitions.  Many of the words have more than one meaning.
  Then write a sentence for each word.  Do not use the definition as the sentence, rather use the context of the definition to write the sentence.
• Dictionary words

Thursday (2/7)

• Content dictionaries continued
  Due Monday 2/11

Friday (2/8)

• Investigate: What are minerals?
  Pg R97 & R98
• Part A: Properties of a mineral
• Part B: Breaking minerals