Week | Topics / Essential Questions | NC Standards and objectives | Reading Assignment/ powerpoints | Homework / Labs and Activities | Some Key Terms |
4-5 | What is a mineral? In what patterns are crystals arranged? What are the most common elements found in the earth’s crust? What are the major mineral groups? Why are minerals identified? What are Igneous rocks? How are rocks classified? | 2.01 Analyze the dependence of the physical properties of minerals on the arrangement and bonding of the atoms. 2.03 Investigate and analyze the processes responsible for the rock cycle: -analyze the origin, texture, and mineral composition of rocks -trace the path of elements through the rock cycle. -Relate rock formation to plate tectonics. -Identify the forms of energy that drive the rock cycle. -Analyze the relationship between the rock cycle and processes in the atmosphere and hydrosphere. | Chapter 4, Pages 77-79 Chapter 4,page 79 Chapter 4, Pages 80-81 Chapter 4, Pages 81-83 Chapter 4, page 84 Chapter 5: Igneous Rocks Pages 98-117 | Mineral testing Lab Mineral crystal activity Mineral research project Edible igneous rock lab Igneous rock characteristics lab - Have students determine the densities for various intrusive and extrusive igneous samples. Have them rank them from most to least dense Use and create keys, charts, or flow charts to identify rocks. | Crystal Magma Mineral Silicate Cleavage Fracture Gem Hardness Luster Ore Specific gravity Streak Bowen’s reaction series Extrusive Fractional crystallization Igneous rock Intrusive Lava Partial melting Felsci Kimberlite Mafic Pegmatite Porphyritic Ultramafic |
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6 | How are sedimentary rocks formed? What are the three main types of sedimentary rock? What are metamorphic rocks? What is the Rock Cycle? | Continue 2.03 | Chapter 6: Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks Pages 120-127 Chap. 6: p. 128-132 | Rock identification lab Modeling rocks with cookies/candy activity Online Rock Research project Rock cycle in the lab | Bedding Cementation Clastic Cross-bedding Deposition Graded bedding Lithification Sedimentation Clastic sed. rock Evaporite Porosity Contact Metamorphism Foliated Hydrothermal metamorphism Nonfoliated Porphyoblast Regional metamorphism Rock cycle |
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