Unit 3: Rocks, Minerals and the Fossil Record
Chapters 5, 6, 8, and 9
Name____________________
Period_______________
I have completed the assignments to be a ___________ student
All work and test to be completed BEFORE _____________
Earth Systems Standards
(Georgia Department of Education)
SES1. Students will investigate the composition and formation of Earth systems, including the Earth’s relationship to the solar system.
c. Describe how the decay of radioactive isotopes is used to determine the age of rocks, Earth, and solar system.
e. Identify the transformations and major reservoirs that make up the rock cycle, hydrologic cycle, carbon cycle, and other important
geochemical cycles.
SES2. Students will understand how plate tectonics creates certain geologic features, materials, and hazards.
d. Associate specific plate tectonic settings with the production of particular groups of igneous and metamorphic rocks and mineral resources.
SES4. Students will understand how rock relationships and fossils are used to reconstruct the Earth’s past.
a. Describe and apply principles of relative age (superposition, original horizontality, cross-cutting relations, and original lateral continuity) and
describe how unconformities form.
b. Interpret the geologic history of a succession of rocks and unconformities.
c. Apply the principle of uniformitarianism to relate sedimentary rock associations and their fossils to the environments in which the rocks were
deposited.
d. Explain how sedimentary rock units are correlated within and across regions by a variety of methods (e.g., geologic map relationships, the
principle of fossil succession, radiometric dating, and paleomagnetism).
e. Use geologic maps and stratigraphic relationships to interpret major events in Earth history (e.g., mass extinction, major climatic change,
tectonic events).
SES6. Students will explain how life on Earth responds to and shapes Earth systems.
d. Describe how fossils provide a record of shared ancestry, evolution, and extinction that is best explained by the mechanism of natural
selection.
C: You wish to be a 75 student, you must:
1. Have a working knowledge of the information in Chapters 5, 6, 8, and 9
Chapter 5: Minerals
Minerals (Earth Revealed)
What is a Mineral? (Thinkquest)
Mineral Hardness
Mineral Identification
Mineral Hardness Virtual Lab
Gemstone vs. Mineral
Mineral Production in the U.S.
How Diamonds Form
Chapter 5 Notes
Chapter 6: Rocks
Rock Cycle (GA Virtual School)
Rock Cycle
Chapter 8: Earth's History
Geologic Time and Correlation (GA Virtual School)
Measuring Age on Earth (Khan Academy)
History of Life on Earth (Khan Academy)
Rock Cycle Diagram Quiz
Igneous Rock
Intrusive Igneous Rocks (Earth Revealed)
Sedimentary Rocks
What are Sedimentary Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks (Earth Revealed)
Metamorphic Rock
What are Metamorphic Rocks?
Metamorphic Rocks (Earth Revealed)
Khan Academy: Rock cycle
How are Rocks Made?
Rocks and Soil
Chapter 6 Notes
Chapter 9: Fossil Record
Earth and LIfe History (GA VIrtual School)
Geologic Time (Earth Revealed)
Evolution through Time (Earth Revealed)
Chapter 9 Notes
Chapter 8 Notes
2. Complete Webquest
http://dvusd.org/cms/lib07/AZ01901092/Centricity/Domain/4763/rocks%20and%20minerals%20webquest.pdf
http://docs.google.com/document/d/1D9ruvYjts7wBFKftcHYwAlcSrd-ZKBJ_Gc6D6KPaDTA/edit
3. Complete Quia assignments with an average of 75 or better
Quia.com
4. Correctly complete Math & Graphing assignments
Ch. 5 Math & Graphing
Ch. 6 Math & Graphing
Ch. 8 Math and Graphing
Radiometric Dating Problems
Ch. 9 Math and Graphing
6. Successfully complete Lab Activities
Ch 5: Density Lab p. 113
Ch 5: Mineral ID Lab p. 121
Ch 6: Rock ID Lab p.151
Ch 8: Stack Up
Ch 8: Radioactive Decay Lab
Ch 9: Geo Timeline
7. Successfully pass the unit test with an average of 70 or better.
Test Study Guide
Your grade will be calculated based on 75 + your test score.
*You must score 75 on the test to maintain a final unit grade of 75
B: You wish to be an 80 student
1. Complete everything listed for C
2. Activities
Ch 5: Mineral Identifications & Missing Minerals
Minerals Review
Ch 6: Rock Cycle
Rock Symbols and What They Mean
Ch 8: Reading the Rock Record
Decay of Radiocarbon
Ch 9: You Do Fossil Correlating
Map p.234
Your grade will be calculated based on 80 + your test score.
*You must score 80 on the test to maintain a final unit grade of 80
B+: You wish to be an 85 student
1. Complete everything listed for C and B
2. Diagrams
Simulating the Rock Cycle
Rock & Minerals Comic
Your grade will be calculated based on 85 + your test score.
*You must score 85 on the test to maintain a final unit grade of 85
A: You wish to be a 90 student
1. Complete everything listed for C, B. and B+
2. Essay Questions
Your grade will be calculated based on 90 + your test score.
*You must score 90 on the test to maintain a final unit grade of 90
A+: You wish to be a 100 student
1. Complete everything listed for C, B, B+, and A
2. Project
Chapter 9 Projects
Your grade will be calculated based on 100+ your test score.
*You must score 100 on the test to maintain a final unit grade of 100
Final Checklist
Unit 3: Rocks and Minerals Grade
Test Score
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Current Class Average
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