Features & Benefits:"Rocks and Minerals" is
an interactive multimedia program designed to investigate
the formation of rocks and minerals. The program
emphasizes different types and ages of rocks, the
development of matter to minerals, how minerals come
together to form compounds, and how to classify and
identify minerals in nature.
"Rocks and Minerals"
is divided into three main sections:
- Geological Time
- Matter to Minerals
- Types of Rock
Geological Time:
Students are introduced to four areas of the earth
time line: Pre-Cambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and
Cenozoic. Students also investigate the age of rocks in
Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, and Alberta, Canada.
Matter to Minerals:
The concept of how matter comes together to form
minerals is explained to the students. This explanation
includes such concepts as matter, atoms, bonding,
compounds, minerals in nature, crystals, crystal
aggregates, mineral classifications, and mineral
identification.
Types of Rocks:
Students are presented with an overview of the following
rock types: Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic, and
combinations of each. Students investigate the different
types of rock found in Newfoundland and Labrador,
Ontario, and Alberta, Canada.
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