Rocks & Minerals

Rocks

Minerals

GPS Unit #3

LMS

Evans, GA

SCIENCE LAB 1

Grade Six

All assignments are listed in the Assignment Log on this website as well as in the classroom.

Students are responsible to get make-up work for absences, and have three days to complete it.

Assignment Log

Terms you need to know should always be #1 in the science section of your binder. If you review them each night, they will not seem so foreign to you on a test or project!

This Unit follows Chapter #2 in your textbook

Extra Credit by definition is extra. It does not replace required assignments. It is available for each nine weeks in the Bonus Room and must be turned in by due date

DUE DATE for this term is 12/11/09

No Exceptions

Bonus Room

National Standards

KEY CONCEPTS

Many geological events and features, such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and land formations are related to plate tectonic movement.

Rocks and minerals are produced over time through cyclical geological processes.

(NSTA standards - Project: Earth Science)

Georgia Performance Standards

S6E5. Students will investigate the scientific view of how the earth’s surface is formed.

b. Investigate the contribution of minerals to rock composition.

c. Classify rocks by their process of formation.

g. Describe how fossils show evidence of the changing surface and climate of the Earth.

http://www.ccboe.net/learning/middle/science.html

Essential Questions

	How are minerals identified?
	How are rocks formed?
	How are rocks classified?
	How can rocks change from one type to another?
	Is the rock cycle really a cycle? Be able to explain your answer.
	How do natural objects compare to manufactured objects?
	How are rocks and minerals used by 6^thgraders?