Properties of Minerals - Updated Earth Science Standard
West Virginia Content Standard Objectives for Earth Science 11th-12th Grade (SC.O.E.2.5)
"Use chemical and physical properties to distinguish between common minerals and explain their economic
uses."
Identify how you could integrate global perspectives/competencies into the standard.
Global perspectives could be integrated by investigating the locations where various minerals are mined (for example, diamond mining in South Africa) and how this impacts local economies.
Explain specific lesson plan modifications for the standard in order to demonstrate global perspectives/competencies (indicate which global competencies you are targeting)
Summative assessment
Design an exhibit for a school open house in which you demonstrate connections among properties, values, uses, and countries of origin for minerals.
"Use chemical and physical properties to distinguish between common minerals and explain their economic
uses."
Identify how you could integrate global perspectives/competencies into the standard.
Global perspectives could be integrated by investigating the locations where various minerals are mined (for example, diamond mining in South Africa) and how this impacts local economies.
Explain specific lesson plan modifications for the standard in order to demonstrate global perspectives/competencies (indicate which global competencies you are targeting)
- Investigate the mineral content of common
everyday products. (Investigate the World) - Research other economic uses of
minerals. (Investigate the World) - Use Geographical Information Systems, GIS, to plot distributions of economically valuable minerals. (Investigate the World)
- Propose possible trading strategies among countries. (Recognize Perspectives)
- Create a presentation/poster/brochure to promote awareness of the mineral content of everyday products and the countries of origin for each component mineral. (Communicate Ideas)
- Compare and contrast the wages paid to workers/miners for extraction with the value of the mineral in various world markets. (Investigate the World; Recognize Perspect
Summative assessment
Design an exhibit for a school open house in which you demonstrate connections among properties, values, uses, and countries of origin for minerals.