Rock and Mineral Guide SPA You have been assigned a rock or a mineral. It is your task to look up everything about your selected rock or mineral On the next 2 slides you will see all the requirements that need to be fulfilled Words in black will have to remain on your information sheet Words in red are to guide your search Words and numbers in green are the point values Font must remain Calibri body, size of font can be adjusted for your space requirements but must be large enough to read. When you are done, make sure to delete all the red and green words and then print the two slides. 5 points extra credit if you can print in color. After you have printed the slides, then based upon whether it is igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary you will glue it to the front and back of a specific colored piece of construction paper (5 points) Red for Igneous Blue for Metamorphic Green for Sedimentary

Rock Name:_________________ Pictures of Rock: (At least two) (5 points each) Information : (30 points) Type of Rock : (Igneous/Metamorphic Sedimentary) Rock or mineral: (Is it a rock or a mineral?) Element Composition: (What elements make up this rock?) Properties: (The properties are color, streak, luster, crystal form, hardness, cleavage, fracture, density. If it does not have a streak color or another property then write that it does not have it. Every property must be written about.) Varieties: (Types of this rock or mineral. For example if you were doing quartz then there is citrine, rose quartz, etc.) Past Uses: Current Uses: Monetary Value: A famous example: (You need to include it’s name, why it is famous, and where it is found) Interesting Facts: (Must include two facts that are not listed anywhere else on this slide.) Map of marked locations where the rock is found: (10 points) Your Name: _____________________________________________________

Rock Name:__________________ How was your rock formed? What rock can it be turned into and through what process? What was your rock transformed from and through what process? (Write in complete sentence) (20 points) A picture of the rock cycle for your rock. (Include the names of the rocks that it transforms into and was transformed from) (15 points) A list of your sources (10 points)