Formation and Identification of Minerals: Student Laboratory Kit
By: The Flinn Staff
In the Formation and Identification of Minerals Laboratory Kit for Earth science and geology, identify a variety of minerals and measure the specific gravity of the minerals to aid the identification process.
What are minerals? How are they formed? Students identify a variety of common and useful minerals based on their physical properties, including color, luster, hardness, cleavage and streak. They then measure the specific gravity of the minerals to aid in the identification process. Finally, students grow their own beautiful mineral crystals to understand how and why crystals form beneath the Earth’s surface. Includes 28 impressive mineral specimens, student worksheets and all other materials for 28 students working in pairs.
Correlation to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
Science & Engineering Practices
Asking questions and defining problems Analyzing and interpreting data Planning and carrying out investigations Using mathematics and computational thinking Engaging in argument from evidence
Disciplinary Core Ideas
MS-ESS2.A: Earth’s Materials and Systems HS-PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter HS-ESS2.A: Earth’s Materials and Systems
Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and effect Scale, proportion, and quantity
Performance Expectations
MS-PS1-1: Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
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