Earth Science Literacy Principles
Minerals, Rocks, and Resources (Dr. Michael J Passow)
- What Makes Up Our World?” Core Concepts
- Minerals slideshow
- Mineral ID Activity
- “Mineral Resources” Problems
- Reading Notes: Minerals—Building Blocks of Rocks
- Activities about Minerals (Created for the European Geoscience Union Teachers Workshop 2015)
- 01.Teaching about Special Mineral Properties
- 02.Modeling_crystal_shapes
- 03.Fluorescence
- 04.Cleavage_and_Fracture
- 05.Color
- 06.Density
- 07.Hygroscopy_and_Dehydration
- 08.Luster
- 09.Magnetism
- 10.Streak
- 11.Tenacity
- Rocks slideshow (ppt)
- “Rocks” activity
- “Modeling the Rock Cycle” (pdf) (Word)
- “Rocks of New Jersey”
- “Rocks of New York State”
- “Density of Minerals and Rocks”
- “Modeling Porosity, Permeability, and Capillarity” (pdf) (Word)
- “Elements, Compounds, Minerals, and Rocks–Key Terms and Their Origins”
- Suggestions for Earning Extra Credit–Minerals and Rocks