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Minerals In Your House

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students find the answers to the ten questions that relate common household items to having types of minerals in them.
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What is a Mineral? Worksheet

For Students 7th - 9th
For this mineral worksheet, students answer four questions about minerals and explain the acronym SNIFE which is used to remember the definition of a mineral.
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Mineral Mania

For Students 6th - 9th
In this mineral worksheet, students visit http://sciencespot.net and answer 90 questions about mineral uses, mineral groups, fireworks, and minerals found around the home.
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Mystery Minerals

For Students 7th - 8th
In this science activity, students complete a chart of mineral properties. Minerals are listed by number, and students perform various tests to determine luster, hardness, color, streak color, fracture type and cleavage type. They use a...
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The Chemistry of Mineral Worksheet

For Students 8th - 10th
In this mineral worksheet, students give the name and/or symbol for elements and they distinguish between elements and compounds. They fill in a chart with subatomic particles for given elements and they determine if given substances are...
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Rocks and Minerals Internet Hunt

For Students 4th - 5th
In this rocks and minerals worksheet, students use provided links to research questions about rocks and minerals, and complete internet activities given, using links provided.
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Identify a Mineral Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this minerals worksheet, students choose a mineral to research, write its name and draw a picture. Students research about the mineral's color, luster, hardness, gravity, fracture, crystal form and transparency. Students make notes of...
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Internet Minerals Scavenger Hunt

For Students 4th - 5th
In this minerals scavenger hunt worksheet, learners research on the Internet 10 different types of minerals found. First, they read each questions and determine what they will search for using the Internet. Then, students write their...
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How Do People Use Rocks And Minerals?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this rock and mineral activity, students will graphically organize the main idea of what a rock is and then add details on how people use rocks by filling in the seven blanks.
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Animal, Mineral, or Vegetable? Resource Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this animal, mineral, or vegetable identification worksheet, students use the 16 picture cards to tell which category each item fits into. They see black line pictures of a hat, a cat, a cup of coffee, a fire, and other items.
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Uses of Minerals

For Students 7th - 8th
In this minerals instructional activity, learners read an excerpt about gold and then respond to the questions that follow. They explain how the weight of gold affected the history of some western states and why gold is expensive.
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Rocks and Minerals

For Students 4th - 7th
In this rocks and minerals word search puzzle, students identify the names of rocks and minerals. Examples include terms such as talc, topaz, and quartz. A list of 18 terms is available to assist in the search.
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Mineral Identification Lab

For Students 6th - 12th
In this earth science worksheet, students find the values used to identify 18 different types of minerals for this hands on measurement lab.
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Rocks and Minerals

For Students 5th - 6th
In this word search worksheet, students solve a word search by locating forty words related to rocks and minerals. The word list includes mica and ruby.
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Geology Quiz- Common Minerals

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this earth science worksheet, learners determine the name of 10 minerals based on the descriptions given on the page. They see pictures of a number of minerals, and check their answers with the word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Mighty Minerals

For Students 6th - 8th
In this mineral learning exercise, students use encyclopedias, the Internet, science catalogs, or magazines to complete research questions about a mineral. Using their research information, they also create a cartoon for their mineral.
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Dietary Minerals Quiz

For Students 7th - 10th
In this dietary minerals quiz worksheet, students complete an on-line game, clicking on questions and matching answer cards and scoring 1 point per correct answer. Printable version available also.
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Searching for Information

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this computer worksheet, students use ViewPoint's forward and backward arrows, and the search tool to locate information given about minerals and vitamins. They load the Vitamins datafile and use the search tool to respond to five...
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Igneous Rocks III

For Students 7th - 10th
In this igneous rock worksheet, students answer 7 questions about the percentages of minerals in different types of igneous rocks. They also indicate what happens to various igneous rocks when you add bubbles or melt the rock and let it...
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The Rock Cycle

For Students 7th - 9th
In this rock cycle activity, students match 5 terms with their definitions about rocks and minerals, they fill in 5 blanks to complete sentences about types of rocks and they identify kinds of rocks and processes in the rock cycle.
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3rd Grade Earth Science

For Teachers 3rd
In this Earth Science worksheet, 3rd graders answer multiple choice questions about minerals, properties, fossils, and more. Students complete 20 questions.
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The Changing Geography of Your Community

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Lead your class in exploring their local communities as well as the general environment. As they determine continental distributions by investigating minerals, rocks, and fossils located in their local region, pupils construct a...
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Mineral Identification

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this mineral identification lesson plan, students analyze 14 minerals and test their physical properties. They test the color, luster, streak, hardness and breakage of each mineral. Students answer 5 questions about the physical...
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Rock-forming Minerals

For Students 6th - 8th
In this mineral worksheet, students use a table of information about rock-forming minerals to complete 10 short answer questions.

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