1. Thank you for not chewing gum 
Materials:
Pencil
Notebook
Lab Book pg. B-29
Worksheet – Act 18
September 21
Today’s Agenda:
Bell work/Agenda
Activity 18
Objective:
Today we will investigate how rocks can be used to find valuable minerals.
Daily Question:
Imagine you are hiking and find a rock with shiny minerals in it. Your friend thinks it is a diamond. What tests would you run to find out? Why.

2. What do you still need to learn?
Score 4.0
In addition to Score 3.0, you can teach another student about rocks, minerals and the rock cycle. You are able to describe the uses of rocks and minerals in real-life scenarios.
Score 3.0
Student Can:
Identify the minerals that make up rocks.
Know the uses of rocks & minerals.
Explain the rock cycle and how it works.
Identify the 3 types of rocks and recognize common examples.
Score 2.0
With no help, you can identify some rocks and minerals but have trouble explaining the rock cycle and recognizing common examples.
Score 1.0
With help, you have trouble identifying some rocks and minerals and have trouble explaining the rock cycle and recognizing common examples.
Reflection #2:
How have some of the mineral identification labs helped you identify the minerals that make up rocks?
What do you still need to learn?
What will you do to get to a 3 or 4?

3. Rock Formation Vocabulary:
Sediments- Parts of rocks, shells, and dead organisms that have been worn down into small pieces.
Sedimentary Rocks-Rocks that are formed when sediments settle on top of each other and harden together.
Magma- Hot melted rock found deep inside the earth.
Igneous Rocks- Rocks that are formed from cooling magma.
Metamorphic Rocks- Rocks that have changed because of heat and/or pressure .

4. Activity 18 - Every rock tells a story
Procedure:
1)Read page B-31 – Discovery of Diamonds in Roughpoint National Forest
Before/after the reading questions
_____Rocks are made of minerals
_____ All minerals are valuable
_____Minerals are found all over the Earth
_____ It is easy to find valuable minerals
_____ A mineral like calcite can only be found in one type of rock.
AQ 1-4