1. 6th grade warm ups week of 1-1-18

2. Monday(Mon.)
New Years Day

3. Tuesday(Tues.)1-2-18
Teacher work day

4. Wednesday(Wed.)
WU: How are mineral classified and what are the two groups of minerals?
Ans: Mineral are classified by their chemical composition. The two main groups are silicate and nonsilicate minerals.

5. Thursday (Thurs.) 1-4-18 WU: What are silicate minerals?
Ans: 1:Silicate minerals are minerals that contain a combination of Silicon and Oxygen, which are the two most common minerals in the Earth’s crust.
2: They make up 90% of the Earth’s crust.

6. Friday (Fri.) 1-5-18 WU: What are nonsilicate minerals?
Ans: 1: Nonsilicate minerals make up the rest of the Earth’s crust and do not contain Silicon or Oxygen.
2:They often contain the elements carbon, fluorine and sulfur.