Unit 3: Rocks and Minerals (Chapters 3 & 4)

Please use this information to organize your time for quizzes, tests and projects.
Major assessments
Day

Assessment

10/28

Quiz on Chapter 3

11/15

Bell ringer test

Textbook references
Topic

Pages

Chapter 3 Minerals

77-99

Chapter 4 Rocks

110-137

Essential Questions:

What is the earth made of?

How do we organize information?
Class Plan
Day

Topic

Activity

Homework

10/7

Intro to Rocks
and Minerals

What is a mineral? Notes

Book Pages 77-83
Lab: How can you tell crystals
apart?

10/11

3.2 How are

minerals
identified?

How can we identify minerals?

Notes - Book Pages 87-91
Classifying Minerals challenge
Mineral identification booklet

10/14

3.2 How are

minerals
identified?

Mineral identification challenge

lab
Mineral identification booklet

10/18

3.3 Sources
and uses of
minerals

Mineral identification challenge Book pages 94-98

lab
Mighty minerals

10/21

3.3 Sources
and uses of
minerals

Work on mighty minerals

project

Mineral identification booklet

dd

Finish Mighty Minerals project

10/26

3.3 Sources
and Uses of
Minerals

Review for Quiz

Work on mighty minerals
project

Study for quiz

Finish mineral poster and
booklet

10/28

4.1 Rocks

Quiz
Read pages 111-115
Rock worksheet

Finish worksheet

11/1

4.1

Rock Notes

11/3

4.1

Rock Cycle Lab

11/7

4.2 Igneous
rocks

Igneous rock notes

Igneous rock lab

11/9

4.3
Sedimentary
Rocks & 4.4
Metamorphic
Rocks

Sedimentary Rocks notes

Mini research Project

11/11

4.3
Sedimentary
Rocks & 4.4
Metamorphic
Rocks

Mini Research project

Review

11/15

Unit Test

Bell ringer Lab test

Mini Research Project