(#23) Rocks and Minerals
You don't need exotic rocks and expensive minerals to teach Rocks and Minerals. Granite and basalt, plus coarse sand with flecks of mica are your most exotic requirements. Your students will learn from these samples, then extend this knowledge to common rocks they find in their own back yards. They will identify the 3 basic rock types - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic - and further subdivide these into 12 distinct groups based on geological formation. An egg carton organizes everything into a unique collection of personal discovery and learning experience.
(#23) ROCKS AND MINERALS is part of our Self-Directing Task Card Series. It is an 88 page soft-bound book organized into three main parts:
INTRODUCTION
* A TOPS Model for Effective Science Teaching * Getting Ready * Gathering
Materials * Sequencing Task Cards * Long Range Objectives * Review / Test
Questions
TEACHING NOTES (36 lessons)
* Eight Basic Elements * Tiny Treasures * One Mineral / Many Forms *
Igneous Rock * Moh's Hardness Scale * Streak Test * Mechanical Weathering
* Transport and Sorting * Sedimentary Rock * Chemical Weathering * Sea
Floor Sediment * Two Kinds of Cement * Cracking Up * Rock Hardness *
Metamorphic Rock * Sorting Rocks * Identifying Rocks * Clastic Sedimentary
(1-3) * Chemical Sedimentary (4-6) * Igneous (7-9) * Metamorphic (10-12) *
Rock Cycle * Ordinary Rock * Permeability* Density * Density of Igneous
Rock * Density of Silica * Specific Gravity * Ice and Water *
Concentration and Crystal Size * Pegmatites * Petrified Paper * Chemical
Icicles * The Silica Tetrahedron * How Tetrahedra Combine * Adventures of
Tetra
REPRODUCIBLE LINE MASTERS
* 36 Open-Ended Task Cards
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(#23) ROCKS AND MINERALS requires little traditional lab equipment other than 1 microscope slide per lab group and a 5% solution of hydrochloric acid. The only rocks you need are common basalt, granite, and coarse sand with mica (decomposed granite). Look for these in your own backyard, or ask your friends in other states or provinces to look in theirs. Then photocopy the 36 task cards, gather simple things (like bricks, chalk, egg cartons and clay) and you're ready to explore TOPS Learning Systems hands-on.
Add optional ROCKS & MINERALS KITS for
convenience...
*
up to 4 students: SK23 + 1 of SS104
*
up to 30 students: CK23 + 30 of SS104
STARTER
KIT: WE SUPPLY sand with
mica, sea shells, granite, basalt, hydrochloric acid, Epsom salts, sugar,
salt, pepper, chalk, candles, masking tape, modeling clay, pie tins,
microscope slides, eye droppers, test tubes, 100 mL graduated cylinders,
film canisters, lids, marbles. YOU SUPPLY pliers, brick, egg cartons,
safety goggles, pocket calculator, tubs, lab balances (those improvised in
Weighing 05 are suitable), plus simple everyday materials. (Book not
included.)
CLASS KIT: WE SUPPLY all materials in SK23 (above) in classroom quantities. (Book not included.)
HAND LENSES (3X): A basic tool of scientific discovery for Rocks and Minerals and many other topics.You'll use these again and again.
GRADE RANGE: 6-12
ORIGINS: written by Doris Metcalf and Ron Marson / illustrated by Peg
Marson / copyrighted in 1989
by TOPS Learning Systems / ISBN 0-941008-23-1
#23 Rocks and Minerals
BOOK @ $16.00
#SK23 Rocks and Minerals STARTER KIT @
$15.00
#CK23 Rocks and Minerals CLASS KIT @
$77.00
#SS104 Hand Lenses (3X) @
$1.25
each
#SS110 100 mL Graduated Cylinder @ $4.25
