Earth+Materials+2012

Earth Material The Earth Materials Module consists of four sequential investigations dealing with observable characteristics of solid materials from the earth - rocks and minerals. The focus is on taking materials apart to find what they are made of and putting materials together to better understand their properties. The module introduces fundamental concepts in Earth science and takes advantage of the students' intrinsic interest in the subject matter and in the physical world around them. The students observed a mock rock, broke it apart, seperated the contents using water, and then determined from their observation what minerals were located in the mock rock. media type="custom" key="20841344"
 * COS # 32 Classify rocks and minerals by characteristics **