Monday, January 25, 2016

4th/5th 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 quartz, gypsum, fluorite and calcite (ie. hardness, streak, cleavage, etc).

Vocabulary:
hardness
cleavage
streak
magnetic
geologist


minerals
physical property
texture
luster
metallic
nonmetallic
mass

•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.

Physical Properties of Minerals/Rocks Review

  • color
  • shape
  • size- diameter, circumference, depth
  • texture- how a mineral/rock feels ("rough" "smooth")
  • luster- how a mineral/rock reflects light ("metallic" "nonmetallic")
  • mass
  • hardness- how hard a mineral is ("1" to "10")
  • streak- the color of the powder left behind when you rub the mineral on a tile
  • magnetism- ("magnetic" "nonmagnetic")
  • cleavage- the way a mineral breaks ("cleavage"-breaks flat/"fracture"-breaks unevenly)

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