Minerals+Webquest


 * **Minerals Webquest **
 * || **Process: Create a PowerPoint presentation about the mineral your group is investigating. Use the internet sites on this web quest to complete the information ** **Step 1: ** You will be given a mineral to investigate

**Step 2: ** Now that you know the name of your mineral you need to gather information about it to do your final report. It is important that you save information as you do your research. For example: you might cut and paste information or pictures in Microsoft Word.

**Step 3: ** Find some distinguishing properties of your mineral. Identify the color, class, streak, hardness, cleavage /fracture, specific density and any other special properties

[|Click here for physical characteristics]

**Step 4: **What are the elements in your mineral?

[|Click here for the chemical composition.]

**Step 5: ** Where in the world is your mineral be found? Is it also found in North America? Instructions to search for answers. Go to the google.com link below. Type in the name of your mineral + found. **Example** quartz + found [|Google.com.]

**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Step 6: **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> How is your mineral mined and processed? <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">This will require another search using google.com. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">This time you are on your own! <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">Hint: try searching your mineral + mine + process. <span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Google.com.]

**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Step 7: **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> What is the current value of your mineral: $/g or $/oz. or $/ton or $/kg? <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">[]

<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">**Step 8:** What can your mineral be used for? <span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Remember your mineral may be made of more than one element, for example, galena is made of lead and sulfur. The elements may determine the use of the mineral. Here are some web sites that might help you find the uses of your mineral. <span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Rocks and Mineral Uses.] <span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Common Minerals and Their Uses] <span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Mineral Photographs]

**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Step 9: **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Minerals often have special properties, one of which is their crystal shape. Find a photograph of your mineral in its crystal form to place in your final presentation. Use any of the previous web sites or search on your own.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Step 10: **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> What is a gemstone? Why aren't all minerals gems? <span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">[|What is your birthstone?]

**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Step 11: **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> You now have collected enough information to report on your mineral.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">You need the following information in your powerpoint: **


 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Title (mineral name)
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Where the mineral is found and its current value.
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">How the mineral is mined and/or processed.
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">The principle uses.
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Pictures of your mineral in its crystal form and your birthstones. ||