Description
Do you want to teach your students about the properties of minerals? In this inquiry-based lab and slide show, students will learn to identify minerals based on their properties. They will also learn about hardness, streak, luster, cleavage, and fracture.
This unit on minerals Unit Includes:
•Detailed Lesson Plan
•Slide Show on Properties of Minerals
•Students Notes
•Lab
•Lab Pages
•Quiz
•Answer Keys
Students will learn about characteristics of minerals:
- 1. Naturally occurring
- 2. Inorganic
- 3. Solid
- 4. Crystal structure
- 5. Definite chemical composition
How to Identify Minerals:
- Hardness-Mohs
- Color
- Streak
- Luster
- Crystal Systems
- Cleavage and Fracture
- Special Properties
What do you need for the lab?
- five mineral samples for each group
- a penny
- an unglazed tile
- optional magnet
Students will love this unit on properties of minerals and identifying minerals.
Ohio Learning Standard
6.ESS.1 Minerals have specific, quantifiable properties.
6.ESS.5 Rocks, minerals, and soils have common and practical uses.
TEKS
6.6 C – test the physical properties of minerals, including hardness, color, luster, and streak
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