The+Power+of+Rocks+and+Minerals

= ﻿The Power of Rocks and Minerals = Created by Juliette Lyons, Eve Sullivan and Jolene O'Sullivan

Big Question: What would happen to the enviroment if there were no rocks and minerals? How are rocks and minerals used in our daily lives? How do rocks and minerals effect/help the food chain? How are rocks and minerals formed? What is the core use for rocks and minerals? How are rocks and minerals used in constructions and buildings? Why do rocks and minerals look the way they do? How do rocks and minerals help/effect the earths crust and core?
 * Other Questions: **

Purpose: To educate juniors about our big question.
 * Presentation: **We are going to create a book to publish so we can answer our big question.

Bibliography:
Links: [|http://wiki.answers.com] [|http://www.youtube.com] edtech.kennesaw.edu/rocks.htlm [|www.probertencyclopaedia.com] [|www.cln.org/themes/rock_minerals.html] www.mii.org/commonminerals:html

Books:
A guide to rocks and minerals Smithsonian Rock and gem Rocks, minerals and soil Smithsonian Rock and gem and fossils Rock and gem Minerals of the world Rocks and fossils

Facts:
 * The earths crust is entirely made of rocks and minerals.
 * Some rocks are formed from dead animals.
 * If there were no minerals small animals wouldn't be able to survive in water seriously affecting the food chain
 * The earths crust contains 90 known elements
 * The earths crust also has 3700 different minerals
 * New minerals are being discovered each year

Elements=minerals=rocks Minerals=crystals

What are the most common types of minerals?
Auminium, Atimony, Chromite, Coal, Copper, Flint, Fluorite, Gold, Halite(salt), Kolinite, Limestone, Lithium, Magnetite, Marble, Molybdenite, Phosphate, Potash, Pyrite, Silver, Soda Ash, Sulfur, Talc, Tin, Zinc.

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