Minerals and Rocks

State Standards:

6: ESS.1: Minerals have specific, quantifiable properties.

6: ESS.2 Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks have unique characteristics that can be used for identification and/or classification.

6: ESS.3: Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks form in different ways.

6: ESS.5: Rocks, minerals and soils have common and practical uses.

Objectives

At the end of the program, student will be able to:

• name four criteria that qualify a mineral as a mineral.

• name several specific quantifiable properties that identify one mineral (rock) from the other by conducting tests.

• understand that a combination of minerals provide the recipe for rocks of the world.

• name the layers of the earth and the processes that have contributed to its formation.

• identify the three families of rocks, and how each are formed.

• identify each family of rock by its unique characteristics.

• explain the rock cycle.

• recognize that minerals are essential for human survival.

• name three minerals and rocks that provide infrastructure for homes, cities and roads.

• identify minerals in their everyday lives.

• identify jobs related to mineral extraction and usage.