6th grade

3.4 Mining and Using Minerals

3.4 Mining and Using Minerals

Lesson Objectives

  • Explain how minerals are mined.
  • Describe how metals are made from mineral ores.
  • Summarize the ways in which gemstones are used.
  • Identify some useful minerals.

3.3 Formation of Minerals

3.3 Formation of Minerals
 

Lesson Objectives

  • Describe how melted rock produces minerals.
  • Explain how minerals form from solutions.

Vocabulary

3.2 Identification of Minerals

3.2 Identification of Minerals

Lesson Objectives

  • Explain how minerals are identified.
  • Describe how color, luster, and streak are used to identify minerals.
  • Summarize specific gravity.

3.1 Minerals

3.1 Minerals

Lesson Objectives

  • Describe the properties that all minerals share.
  • Describe some different crystal structures of minerals.
  • Identify the groups in which minerals are classified.

2.4 Using Satellites and Computers

2.4 Using Satellites and Computers
 

Lesson Objectives

  • Describe various types of satellite images and the information that each provides.
  • Explain how a Global Positioning System (GPS) works.

2.4 Using Satellites and Computers

2.4 Using Satellites and Computers
 

Lesson Objectives

  • Describe various types of satellite images and the information that each provides.
  • Explain how a Global Positioning System (GPS) works.

2.2 Modeling Earth’s Surface

2.2 Modeling Earth’s Surface

Lesson Objectives
Describe what information a map can convey.
Identify some major types of map projections. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of globes.
Vocabulary
conic map
coordinate system
gnomonic map
latitude
longitude
map

2.1 Introduction to Earth's Surface

2.1 Introduction to Earth's Surface

Lesson Objectives

  • Describe how you can find a location and direction on Earth’s surface.
  • Describe topography.
  • Identify various landforms and briefly describe how they form.

2.0 Studying Earth’s Surface

2.0 Studying Earth’s Surface

1.2 Earth Science and Its Branches

1.2 Earth Science and Its Branches

Lesson Objectives

  • Describe Earth Science and its branches.
  • Identify the field of geology as a branch of Earth Science that deals with the rocks and minerals of Earth.

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