This quarter's research project has focused on minerals. Students researched a particular mineral and made a superhero based on their mineral's properties. Many of the minerals have some very interesting properties - some glow, some double in size when they get wet, some have incredible strength, etc. Perfect stuff for making up a superhero persona. They will be coloring a picture of their superhero (or supervillian if that's how your student rolls), and will also be writing a creative short story in English to go along with it. This is a fun activity because our 8th grade teams are all named for superheros - we're the Spiderman Team.Monday - Rocks & Minerals Movie (I got sick... and had a sub).
Tuesday - Mineral Research
Wednesday - Chocolate Rocks lab (students looked at melted chocolate and rice krispy treats and made comparisons to real igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks).
Thursday & Friday - Earth's Surface Notes p5 (students learned more about specific processes for making a sedimentary rock: weathering, erosion, deposition, & cementation).
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