Part 1: What makes a mineral?
Textbook Connection:
- Review concepts in Chapter 8 (Earth Chemistry) in Modern Earth Science
- read Chapter 9 (Minerals) in Modern Earth Science
A mineral is...
- naturally occuring
- inorganic (no carbon/not made of dead organisms)
- crystalline (crystals)
- solid
Common Minerals and Their Uses
What are minerals used for? (article)
Review: How Minerals Form
Minerals In Your Home Game
Review: Mineral Resources
Growing Crystals Lab.doc
Virtual Version of Density Lab
Mineral Density Resource (alphabetical)
MasterMines (NatGeo Mineral ID game)
Part 2: What makes a rock?
Textbook Connection:
- read Chapter 10 (Rocks) in Modern Earth Science
A rock is...
- a solid mixture of one or more minerals or other materials
3 main classes of rock:
- igneous
- sedimentary
- metamorphic
Online Interactive Tour of the Rock Cycle
Rock Identification Key
Rock Cycle Webquest
Assignments:
Chocolate Rock Cycle Lab.doc
Igneous Rock Scheme ID.rtf
Igneous Rocks.pdf
Igneous Rock ID lab.pdf
Igneous Rock ID Scheme How To.ppt
Sedimentary Rocks.pdf
Sedimentary Rocks ID.pdf
Metamorphic Rocks.pdf
Metamorphic Rocks ID.pdf
Part 3: Weathering and Erosion
Enduring Understandings:
- Weathering is the breakdown of rocks into "transportable" materials by physical and chemical means.
- Erosion is the transport of weathered materials to new locations by any of severals agents, including wind, water, glaciers, and gravity.
- Deposition is the process of placing eroded materials in new places.
- The processes of weathering, erosion and deposition leave distinctive features that allow them to be identified.
Textbook Connection:
- read Chapter 7 (Weathering, Erosion, and Soil)
Types of Weathering:
- Chemical weathering: breaking down rock by changing its chemical composition, examples include hydrolysis, carbonation, oxidation, acid rain.
- Mechanical weathering: the physical breakdown of rock into smaller pieces, chemical composition does not change, examples include abrasion, fracture, crystal growth, ice wedging, exfoliation, activity of plants and animals.
Weathering Interactive Walk Through
Erosion: process by which the products of weathering are transported
The four main agents of erosion are:
- Wind
- Water
- Ice
- Gravity
General:
Mass Movements Walkthrough
Weathering Erosion Deposition Soils Notes.pdf
weathering rates graph activity.pdf
Rates of Weathering Lab Alka Seltzer.pdf
Shape it Up Game (choose the agent of erosion)
Water:
Flooding Walk Through
Stream Discharge Graphing Activity.pdf
River Intro.ppt
River Systems Notes: River Systems.doc
Groundwater Walk Through
Groundwater Erosion and Karst Topogaphy
How Sinkholes Form
Ice:
Glaciers of the Northeastern US: a brief history
Animation of Glacial Formation
Animation of Glacial Advance
Animation of Glacial Retreat
Glacier Walk Through
Glacier Simulation
Adjust mountain snowfall and temperature to see the glacier grow and shrink. Use scientific tools to measure thickness, velocity and glacial budget.
Click to Download (Java Required)
There is evidence of glaciation across the state of Vermont. Here is a look at the geology of one of my favorite NE Kingdom glacial lakes, Lake Willoughby
Other:
Shoreline Erosion Walk Through
Soil_Testing.ppt
Applied Geology, Forensic Geology:
Geologic Map of Vermont
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