GRADE 8 - Lesson Title: Rocks and Minerals
Textbook and Chapter: Red Chapter 13
Objectives
- Identify the difference between a mineral and a rock.
- Describe the properties that are used to identify minerals.
- Explain how extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks are different.
- Describe how different types of sedimentary rocks are formed.
- Describe the conditions needed for metamorphic rocks to form.
- Explain how all rocks are linked by the rock cycle.
Set, Hook, Focus
How are rocks and fluorescent lights connected?
Learning Tasks
Content delivery will be via key notes slide show, with students utilizing note taking worksheets. Cooperative learning will be an integral part of the learning process (Think, write, pair, share).
- Section 1: Students will define all vocabulary words in chapter; draw and complete Mohs Scale - text page 380; Problem solving activity - How hard are these minerals? - text page 381; Section assessment questions - text page 384; Listen to Rock Cycle Song; Directed reading - Minerals - res page 20; Reinforcement - res page 27.
- Section 2: NGO - Visualizing igneous rocks features - text page 388; section assessment questions - text page 391; Reinforcement - igneous and sedimentary rocks - Res page 28;
- Section 3: Draw and label Rock Cycle - text page - 395; section assessment questions - tex page 396; Directed reading - Res page 21; Reinforcement - Res page 29.
- Read/Review/Answer questions for LEAP workbook.
Evaluation/Assessment
- Class discussions, assessment questioning.
- Vocabulary Test Thursday