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Exploring Rhode Island Minerals: A Comprehensive Guide for Grades 3-4 Science

This educational resource is designed for 3rd and 4th-grade students to explore the minerals found in Rhode Island. Students will learn to identify, compare, and classify rocks, soils, and minerals based on their physical properties, including size, shape, and color. Hands-on activities include conducting streak and hardness tests to enhance observation skills. By gathering data, students will cite evidence to support their conclusions about mineral classifications. This engaging format fosters curiosity about Earth sciences and promotes critical thinking.

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Exploring Rhode Island Minerals: A Comprehensive Guide for Grades 3-4 Science

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  1. Exploring Rhode Island Minerals

  2. RI GSEs in ScienceGrades 3-4 Understandings Students demonstrate understanding of earth materials by 1a describing, comparing, and sorting rocks, soils, and minerals by similar or different physical properties (e.g., size, shape, color, texture, smell, weight, temperature, hardness, composition). 1b recording and analyzing observations/data about physical properties (e.g., within a grouping, some characteristics are the same and other are different. 1cciting evidence (e.g., prior knowledge, data) to support why rocks, soils, orminerals are classified/not classified together.

  3. RI GSEs in ScienceAssessment Targets ESS1 (K-4) INQ 1 Given certain earth materials (soils, rocks or minerals) use physical properties to sort, classify, and describe them.

  4. RI GSEs in ScienceGrades 3-4 Understandings PS1 (3-4)–1 Students demonstrate an understanding of characteristic properties of matter by … 1a identifying, comparing, and sorting objects by similar or different physical properties (e.g., size, shape, color, texture, smell, weight, temperature, flexibility). 1b recording and analyzing observations/data about physical properties (e.g., within a grouping, some characteristics are the same and others are different. 1c citing evidence (e.g., prior knowledge, data) to support conclusions about why objects are grouped/not grouped together.

  5. RI GSEs in ScienceAssessment Targets PS1 (K-4) INQ1 Collect and organize data about physical properties in order to classify objects or draw conclusions about objects and their characteristic properties (e.g., temperature, color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility)

  6. My Focus Question

  7. Class Focus Question • What minerals are found in Rhode Island? • How are these minerals used?

  8. Prediction • Draw a mineral you think is found in Rhode Island, name it, and describe its properties. • I think the mineral can be used this way . . .

  9. Planning-Procedure • Gather Materials. • Six Minerals, Hardness Test Materials, Porcelain Tile, Handout • Observe Color and Texture. • Conduct Streak Test. • Conduct Hardness Test. • Identify minerals Using “Background Information” sheet in handout. • Return materials and clean up.

  10. Data - Organizer

  11. Data - Organizer

  12. Data - Organizer

  13. Claims and Evidence - I know this to be true. - Here is the evidence:

  14. Conclusion • - I learned . . . . • I used to think (prediction) • Now I think….

  15. Next Steps - New Questions • - I want to know . . . • I want to try this . . .

  16. Earth ScienceCommunity Resources • Rhode Island Space Grant • USGS - Rhode Island • Rhode Island Geography Education Alliance • Earthwatch Institute

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