March 17, 2013

Rocks and Minerals


We have started a mini science unit on Rocks and Minerals.  We started our unit by looking at different types of rocks.  But, now we are on to Minerals.  I have given the kids 12 mystery minerals.  As scientists, we are performing 4 different tests on each mineral to determine what kind it is.  This test we are performing is the Light test.  We are seeing which minerals are opaque, translucent or transparent.   The students are very serious in their investigation!





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