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Mission 1 Lesson 5: Uses of Minerals
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Primary: Lesson Plan
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Operation
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Tectonic Fury
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Mission 1: The Building Blocks
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5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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00:00:00 (HH:MM:SS)
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Teachers
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Created On
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7/15/2010
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From: Tectonic Fury Mission 1: The Building Blocks |
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Mission 1 Lesson 5: Uses of Minerals Students will understand that minerals are used to make a wide variety of items that they use in their everyday lives. |
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- 1 Class Period (45 minutes)
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- Review all activities and discussion questions in the Teacher Edition (TE) pages 21 and 22.
- Gather the materials needed to complete the Teach with Inquiry activity on page 22, as well as mineral maps of your local area, needed for the Differentiate activity on the same page.
- Gather some items made with common minerals, such as watches, pencils, silverware, coins, jewelry, powder, sandpaper, etc., as well as a few items made from all biological materials, such as wooden spoons or cotton clothing.
- Test all links and the Digital Lab: Minerals Used in Your Home.
- Download the House Interactive transparency.
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Teacher's Edition for Operation: Tectonic Fury Mission 1: The Building Blocks - At a Glance, Standards Alignment, and teaching tips and suggestions for content in Mission 1. |
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Transparencies to support Mission 1. |
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- Display items made from common minerals at the front of the classroom. Divide the class into teams and have teams take turns selecting items they think are made from minerals. Give teams one point for each correct item and an additional point if they can correctly name a mineral used in the item.
- Have students brainstorm other minerals that are found in everyday items.
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- Have students read or listen to pages 21 and 22 in the SE.
- Discuss what students have read, using the questions on pages 21 and 22 of the TE.
- Have students complete the Teach with Inquiry activity on page 22.
- Introduce students to the Digital Lab: Minerals Used in Your Home. As students play, have them note some minerals and their uses. When they have finished playing, discuss what they learned. Use the House Interactive transparency to record minerals and their uses as students mention them.
- Have students select a favorite item they own and research the minerals used to make the item and where the minerals come from.
- Differentiate: Have students research local minerals and their economic value, as described in the Differentiate activity on page 22.
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This article describes how minerals are used in our everyday lives. Metallic, non-metallic, and gemstone minerals are used in electronics, roads, the materials from which we build our homes, and much more. |
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Minerals transcend geology as we find them vital to our day-to-day lives. Use this digital lab to explore minerals found in a common household. |
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- Have students answer the Check for Understanding questions on page 22 of the SE.
- Assign each student a room in a house. Have them write a list of at least five items made from minerals, as well as a mineral from which each is made, that they are likely to find in that room.
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- Have students apply what they have learned by discussing the Thinking Critically questions on page 20.
- Briefly review the economics concept of supply and demand with students. Then, have students complete the Economics Connection on page 21. Encourage them to consider what they have learned about minerals and their uses as they think about and research what affects the prices of various items.
- Differentiate: Have students investigate the minerals that our bodies need to stay healthy, as described in the Differentiate activity on page 21.
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