Transcript 09-22-14 Do Now

09-22-14
• Turn in Do Nows
& Mineral ID Lab
• Conflict Minerals
• Chapter 2 Review
• Review due
Wednesday
Describe 3 things
that you use
minerals for on an
everyday basis
09-22-14
I can explain why minerals
are the basic building
blocks of Earth.
Read the article and complete the
following tasks:
Underline any familiar vocabulary
words from chapter 2.
• Put a (*) by anything that you found
interesting.
• Put a (?) by anything that was
confusing or you have questions
about.
•
1. Do you think an American embargo on
minerals from the Democratic Republic of the
Congo would have a significant effect on the
war there? Why or why not?
2. Would you pay more for your cellphones if
doing so would help victims of the war in
Congo? Explain your answer.
3. Has reading this article made you feel any
differently about the high-tech products you
use? Explain.
09-23-14
• Video: Into the
Lost Crystal Caves
• Finish Review
Describe the 5 ways
that minerals form
in nature.
09-23-14
I can identify and describe the
ways that minerals form.
09-24-14
• Discuss Ch. 2
Review
• Read 3.1 & 3.2
Explain how the
amazing gypsum
crystals in the caves
of Naica, Mexico
were formed.
09-24-14
I can explain why minerals
are the basic building
blocks of Earth.
09-25-14
• Ch. 3 Notes: Rock
Cycle & Igneous
• Rock Book
• Read 3.3 & 3.4
• Rock Book
Would you expect
extrusive rocks
produced by an
explosive volcano to
be light or dark in
color? Why?
09-25-14
I can identify the 3 types of rocks
and explain how each are formed
09-26-14
• Ch. 3 Notes:
Sedimentary &
Metamorphic
• Rock Book
• Finish Rock Book
Would you expect
to find foliated or
nonfoliated
metamorphic rocks
next to a lava flow?
Why?
09-26-14
I can identify the 3 types of rocks
and explain how each are formed