1. Rocks & Minerals
What are
minerals?
How are
rocks
classified?
Properties
of
Minerals
How do
rocks
change?
Science 4
Chapter 6
Take a earth
shattering journey
to find out more
about rocks &
minerals. Use your
mouse to enter in
different areas.
ROCK
ON! Click on the “red” to discover more
information about rocks & minerals.

2. What are Minerals?
Mineral
Crystals
Mineral
Use
Minerals are natural, nonliving
solid crystals that make up rocks.

3. Mineral Crystals
“All over the world, each mineral has the same
chemical makeup.”

4. Mineral Use
We use this mineral daily. How is it used?
C. saltA. pencil D. Milk of MagnesiaB. chalk

5. Sorry, Try Again
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6. You are right!
Halite is used to make table salt, a seasoning
used in the foods we eat.

7. Mineral Use
This mineral is used in our homes and school.
How is it used?
D. water pipesA. chalk B. make up C. plastered
gauze

8. Sorry, Try Again
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9. You are right!
Copper is used to make pipes used to carry
water in our homes and school.

10. How are Rocks Classified?
3 Classifications
of Rocks
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
The Rock
Family Song
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Section

11. igneous
Basalt

12. Sedimentary
Shale
Limestone

13. metamorphic
Marble

14. Listen & Learn
about the Rock Family

15. Properties of Minerals
Color
Luster
Hardness
Streak
Crystal Shape
Cleavage
Other
Scientist test minerals
to help identify. Here
are some categories:
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Sections

16. color

17. luster

18. Hardness
Materials to check for mineral hardness:
Vinegar, nail, penny, glass, magnet,

19. streak
Ceramic tile can determine hardness of minerals.

20. Crystal shape

21. cleavage
gypsum Mica

22. Other properties
Chrysoprase:
Waxy feeling.
Variscite

23. How Do Rocks Change?
Heat, pressure,
chemical reactions,
water, and other forces
cause changes.
Interactive
Rock
Cycles
The
Rock Cycle
Rocks are
continually formed &
destroyed. They can
stay the same for
long periods of time
or change based on
environment.

24. Interactive
Rock Cycle
Click labels to link to different animated views of rock changing.
Although we cannot physically see rocks change, here is an
opportunity to see the changes rocks go through to become
igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic.

25. The Rock cycle

26. Welcome to the “rock” Nursery
The Birth of a Metamorphic Rock

27. Rock Cycle Song
(Sing to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat” as a "Round";
after all, it is the Rock "Cycle"! )
SEDIMENTARY rock
Has been formed in layers
Often found near water sources
With fossils from decayers
Pink Granite
Schist
Limestone
Then there's IGNEOUS rock
Here since Earth was born
Molten Lava, cooled and hardened
That's how it is formed
These two types of rocks
Can also be transformed
With pressure, heat and chemicals
METAMORPHIC they'll become.

28. Another view of the rock cycle

29. sites for further investigation
The Planet Really Rocks
 Interactive view of rocks & minerals
BBC KS2 Bitesize: Rocks & Soil
 Check out how rocks test with other properties
BBC KS3 Bitesize: Rocks – Activity
 Observe how different rocks are formed
How StuffWorks
 Video – Classifying Minerals
Click to visit other sites to experience more information about rocks & minerals.