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September 8 & 9
Welcome Assignment
• Pick up your science notebook
• Take out your planner and copy the
assignment
–Rock & Minerals Lab Observations
–due
•Pd. 1, 2, Sept. 9
•Pd. 3, 5, 6 Sept. 10
Moanalua Elementary School
Oct. 16 12:30 – 2:00
(service learning opportunity for a limited number of students)
• 8.3.1 – Describe different Earth materials (i.e.
rocks, minerals, sand, soil) and explain their
formation and composition
• Write your ideas about how to teach this
benchmark to 3rd graders (8 yrs old)
• Do you like working with younger students?
• What are your qualities that make you a good
candidate?
Identifying Rocks and Minerals
• Purpose: To use observations to identify
different types of rocks and minerals
• Materials:
– Moh’s Hardness Scale Test Kit
– Mineral Luster Kit
– Mineral Crystal Structure Kit
– Mineral Streak Kit
– Rock Set
– Hand Lens
Identifying Rocks and Minerals
• Procedure: Given
• Data/Observations:
Rock #
Mineral #
Type (MIS)
Type
Description
Description
Art & Science Club
• Sign up ASAP
• First 4 students to turn in signatures are
guaranteed a spot
– If you are not the first 4 to turn in your signatures please turn it in
anyways. There could be an opening if other teachers don’t fill their 4
spots, or if students drop out during the year.