This week...

-Review mineral properties

-Streak testing minerals

-Observe Fluorescent Rocks

 

 

 

This week...

Mohs Hardness Scale

-Students will do scratch tests on various minerals to determine their Hardness level.

-Comparing Minerals and Rocks: Interactive Notebook

-Practice naming minerals

This week, students will...

-Observe/draw minerals 

-Sort minerals according to luster and color

-Test minerals for magnetism

-Learn the uses of minerals

-Complete Interactive Notebook pages for minerals and their uses

This week...
-What is a mineral? 4 criteria   

-Minerals, the building blocks of rocks

-Properties of minerals (color, luster, hardness)

-Observing/drawing/identifying minerals; Interactive notebook

Martha Barfield
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This week...

-Given a mixture of sand, small gravel, and larger gravel: Our young geologists will work in pairs to plan how they could separate the mixture, and then carry out their plan.

-What is in soil? Discussion and reflection for Interactive Notebook

-Earthworms 

 

After Fall break, class will be all about MINERALS! 

 

Martha Barfield

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This week, our focus will be on learning the Layers of the Soil.

 

Last week, the students enjoyed examining soil samples and determining which had the largest particle size.  

 

This week, we will investigate soil capacity to hold water and focus on the Scientific Method.   

Last week, the class learned about the layers of the earth. The class made and labeled a diagram of the inside of the earth. The outer layer (crust) is very thin compared to the other layers. We will now focus on the crust of the earth and delve into our study of soil, minerals, and rocks.  

This week...

Students will compare different types of soil (sand, silt, and clay) which are categorized by the size of their grains.  

I am delighted to be your child's science teacher.  This week, we discussed what it means to be a scientist and had fun doing activities with water to learn about the properties of water.  

 

Our focus of study next week is soil.