SCIENCE : Unit 2. Rocks and Minerals. Part 1
Lesson content:
1.Minerals: Definition, Characteristics
and names of minerals.
- Colour
- Lustre: shiny, metallic or
dull.
- Visibility
of crystals
- Hardness:
hard or soft.
But
we include some more properties for children that always need more challenging
information.This gives me the chance to talk about many more minerals and
uses.They are :
- Size:large,small, medium size
or big.
- Permeability
: permeable or impermeable.
- Weight
: heavy or light.
- Transparency
: transparent or opaque.
- Shape: geometric, irregular
round and oval.
- Texture: rough,smooth or sharp.
- Conductivity: we can heat it or
cool it.
3.Uses.
Minerals are around us and we use them form many things. In this part of
the unit I have tried to used real objects to help the students to identify
minerals and uses and to remember the vocabulary.
An easy example could be : "we use graphite to make the
leads in pencils"
Here you have a game to help you to remember the
different uses of minerals.
Have a good time and learn!
Uses
game
