Unit 2: Earth's Matter

Unit 2: Earth's Matter Map

Reading Assignments

• p.90-95: Section 5.1 Matter & Atoms
• p.92-102: Section 5.2 Composition & Structure of Minerals
• p.104-107: Section 5.3 Identifying Minerals
• p.118-120: Section 6.1 How Rocks Form
• p.121-126: Section 6.2 Igneous Rocks
• p.127-132: Section 6.3 Sedimentary Rocks
• p.133-137: Section 6.4 Metamorphic Rocks

Worksheet Assignments

• WS Chemical Composition
• WS Minerals
• WS Igneous Rock Composition
• WS Igneous Rocks
• WS Sedimentary Rocks
• WS Metamorphic Rocks

PowerPoint Presentations

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• ES Notes - Atomic Structure |View Online|
• ES Notes - Molecular Structure |View Online|
• ES Notes - Layering |View Online|

Google Earth Models

• Cueva de los Cristales

Mineral & Rock Links

• Atomic Structure of Minerals
• Deposition of Sediments
• Formation of Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
• Formation of Metamorphic Rocks
• Earth Science Image Bank

Recorded Lessons

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• Mineral Properties
• Introduction
• Effervesence
• Hardness
• Breakage Patterns
• Streak
• Luster
• Review

• Igneous Rock Identification
• Igneous Rock ID