Introduction to Minerals

This video was created by my Earth Science students during the 2011-2012 school year using the Sock Puppets app for iPad.

Mineral Notes

Section 1:  Students will be able to identify the 5 primary characteristics of minerals, as well as the 10 representative minerals from Moh's Hardness Scale.

Section 2:  Students will be able to describe the 4 primary ways that minerals form, as well as describe how rate of cooling affects crystal size.
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Geologic Processes - 
How to Identify Minerals

TLC Elementary School: Geological Processes Discovery Education,  2004 . Full Video.
Discovery Education. Web. 4 February 2013. <http://www.discoveryeducation.com/>.

   Practice Quiz

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Click here for an online mineral identification quiz - see how well prepared you are for our upcoming quiz.

Mineral Identification

Mineralogy4Kids

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Check out this website for a great overview of the mineral content we have been studying in class.
Thank you to Courtney Phillips and her students for sharing this cool resource with me!  Click the button above to take a look for yourself.