Friday, March 14, 2014

4th Grade-Week 2 Moh's Hardness Scale

2nd Lab Week
Concept: Moh's Hardness Scale and More Physical Properties of Rocks

Objective: Students will examine the physical properties of mock rocks (ie. hardness, streak, cleavage, etc).

NO Homework


Vocabulary:
hardness
cleavage
streak
magnetic

geologist

minerals
physical property
texture
luster
metallic
nonmetallic
mass

Cornell Note Questions:
•What are some physical properties of rocks?
•What is Moh's Hardness Scale?
•How do you test the hardness of a mineral?

BrianPop.com video of the week: Mineral Identification

Reading Before Class: FOSS Science Resources pgs 190-201 & 214-219.






metallic
non-metallic
cleavage
fracture
streak









CA State Science Standards
4. The properties of rocks and minerals reflect the processes that formed them. As a basis for understanding this concept:
4b. Students know how to identify common rock-forming minerals (including quartz, calcite, feldspar, mica, and hornblende) and ore minerals by using a table of diagnostic properties.

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