Unit 2. How are rocks formed?

                                           ROCKS FORMATION

Rocks formation video in English

                               

Rocks formation video in Spanish

THIS IS THE ROCK CYCLE

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YOU CAN DRAW THESE PICTURES IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.

                               

Rocks song

EXPERIMENT
                                 

Unit 2. Rocks and minerals and the Earth´s surface.

SCIENCE : Unit 2. Rocks and Minerals. Part 1
         
Lesson content:

1.Minerals: Definition, Characteristics and  names of minerals.
 

"All about minerals"

2.Properties.
We have studied 4 main properties:

• 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