Description
Properties of minerals are so cool to teach about! Are you looking for a fun and engaging activity to teach or review minerals and the properties of minerals with? This interactive lesson works to decrease student cognitive load so that students remember information better and it sticks to their long-term memory. Oh, and it’s fun!
A print and a digital version are included!
Minerals Lesson/Activity Covers:
- 5 characteristics of minerals
- properties of minerals
- color
- streak
- luster
- cleavage and fracture
- hardness
- Mohs Harness Scale
- specific gravity
- notable properties: transparency, translucency, opaqueness, taste, tenacity, acid reaction, magnetism, crystal shape
- uses of minerals
- ores
- gemstones
- silicates
Minerals Interactive Activities Include:
- KWL
- four corners vocabulary
- exploring outside resources
- drag-and-drop
- answer questions in text box
- and more!
There are 35 slides in all and an answer key is included.
This lesson pairs well with NC Essential Standard: 6.E.2.3
When you purchase this product, you will be given access to a link that will allow you to open the file that is compatible with Google Slides™. You will then be able to share this with your students. If you’d like, there is a PPT version as well!
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