Rock Cycle: Identifying Rocks & Minerals
Work on Chuck-Ken Trap Project. Chuck-Ken Trap due dates: Pairs - Friday, 11/14 & Solo -Friday, 11/21.
CW: Completed Rock & Mineral Identification worksheet.
DN: Take handout. Prep hat.
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Work on Chuck-Ken Trap Project. Chuck-Ken Trap due dates: Pairs - Friday, 11/14 & Solo -Friday, 11/21.
CW: Completed Rock & Mineral Identification worksheet.
DN: Take handout. Prep hat.
Resources
Rock & Mineral Identification Worksheet
Chuck-Ken Trap Video Project Rubric
Lesson Outline
5min Students complete the Do Now by wearing their mineral hat and reading notes.
5-10min Mineral Hat Showcase Runway.
20min Rock & Mineral Identification Activity. Students identify rocks by type (metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous) or minerals by name at 8 different stations.
10min Students complete the worksheet by answering questions.
5min Clean up. Wrap up.
Rock Cycle: Get to Know A Mineral
HW: Finish Mineral Hat and wear to class tomorrow. No tube hats/headbands/billboards/folded paper hats. Write all info BIG.
CW: Work on Mineral Hat (with mineral information).
DN: What is a mineral? Provide examples.
Reminders: Chuck-Ken Trap due dates: Pairs - Friday, 11/14 & Solo -Friday, 11/21.
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HW: Finish Mineral Hat and wear to class tomorrow. No tube hats/headbands/billboards/folded paper hats. Write all info BIG.
CW: Work on Mineral Hat (with mineral information).
DN: What is a mineral? Provide examples.
Reminders: Chuck-Ken Trap due dates: Pairs - Friday, 11/14 & Solo -Friday, 11/21.
RESOURCES
Chuck-Ken Trap Video Project Rubric
Lesson Outline
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering question in notebook.
5min Teacher instructs students on requirements for the Mineral Hat (Name, Formula, Colour, Streak Colour, Hardness, Crystal Structure, and Interesting Fact). Must be glued together (no staples or tape) and stay on your head even when shaking your head without pins or fasteners. Hats can include visors, top hats, crowns, helmets, bonnets, and should show engineering in its construction (it must be built around a stable structure). No tube hats/headbands/billboards/folded paper hats.
MINERALS: Cuprite, Wulfenite, Azurite, Tobernite, Siderite, Uranophane, Cinnabar, Olivine, Cleiophane, Orpiment, Pentagonite, Sugilite, Magnetite, Spherocobaltite, Calcite, Graphite, Mimetite, and Aurichalcite.
5min Students research minerals.
20min Students construct their Mineral Hats.
5min Clean up. Wrap up.
Rock Cycle: Card Game
HW: Start working on your projects. (Pair due Monday, 12/2. Solo due Monday, 12/9.)
DN: Take out instruction cards from the deck. Read. Shuffle deck. Start playing.
Reminder: Last day to sign up as pair is Thursday (11/18). Notebook check this week.
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HW: Work on Chuck-Ken Trap Project. Chuck-Ken Trap due dates: Pairs - Friday, 11/14 & Solo -Friday, 11/21.
DN: What are the requirements for a Chuck-Ken Trap.
Reminder: A Chuck-Ken having to keep pulling a string to close the door is not a working trap. It doesn’t matter how the string loops around.
Resources
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now .
10min Teacher overviews the Rock Cycle Card Game, outlining how to win, how to start, and how to play the game.
15-20min Rock Cycle Card Game. Students model the steps and processes of the rock cycle by playing the card game and trying to get rid of the picture cards (lava, sediments, igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock). Teacher monitors and assists groups that have questions.
5min Random Rock Cycle
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Rock Cycle: Crystal Structures
HW: Start working on your projects. (Pair due Monday, 12/2. Solo due Monday, 12/9.) Look up Rube Goldberg machines for inspiration.
CW: Crystals Mini-Book with Cooled Fast, Cooled Slow, Basic Cube, Body Centered Cube, and Face Centered Cube
DN: Take a blank sheet of paper and make a mini-book. Draw a crystal on the cover and add title.
Reminders: [1] Pairs that miss the due date will have to turn in Solo projects. Additionally, Low Grade Designs will not be accepted. [2] To avoid building a Low Grade design have the the door swing up to shut and don’t connect the bait directly to the door.
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CW: Crystals Mini-Book with Cooled Fast, Cooled Slow, Basic Cube, Body Centered Cube, and Face Centered Cube
DN: Take a blank sheet of paper and make a mini-book. Draw a crystal on the cover and add title.
Resources
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by making mini-book with ‘Crystals’ as title and cover art.
5min Teacher distributes marshmallows and toothpicks.
20min Crystal Structures. Students build models for the basic, body-centered, and face-centered cubes (cubic structures). Examples are added to mineral book.
10min Little Crystals vs Big Crystals. Students model fast vs slow cooling by only being given a short amount of time to connect marshmallows to each other with toothpicks. Examples are added to mineral mini-book.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Rock Cycle: Notes
HW: [1] Rock Cycle Game Monster Book with all monsters named and at least one spell listed for each monster that can slay it. Due Wednesday, 11/12. [2] Work on Chuck-Ken Trap Project.
CW: Complete note’s paragraph summary (p41), margin questions (p39), and add color to diagrams and notes.
DN: What is a rock?
Reminder: [1] Optional - Screenshot of winning the game (must show the student’s name) turned in via schoology (Tuesday, 11/11). [2] Chuck-Ken Trap due dates: Pairs - Friday, 11/14 & Solo -Friday, 11/21.
EQ: How can rocks change and reform to make new rocks with new properties?
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HW: [1] Rock Cycle Game Monster Book with all monsters named and at least one spell listed for each monster that can slay it. Due Wednesday, 11/12. [2] Work on Chuck-Ken Trap Project.
CW: Complete note’s paragraph summary (p41), margin questions (p39), and add color to diagrams and notes.
DN: What is a rock?
Reminder: [1] Optional - Screenshot of winning the game (must show the student’s name) turned in via schoology (Tuesday, 11/11). [2] Chuck-Ken Trap due dates: Pairs - Friday, 11/14 & Solo -Friday, 11/21.
EQ: How can rocks change and reform to make new rocks with new properties?
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering question.
5min Distribute note handouts. Glue notes onto p39 and diagrams onto p38.
20min Students complete notes.
10min Students write paragraph summary (p41), margin questions, and add color.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.