Your Planet Earth

Rocks and Minerals
(for age 7–9 year-olds)

Resources

• Rocks and Minerals Powerpoint (ppt - 21.2 MB)
  The presentation is divided into the following sections for delivery over several sessions: notes for teachers and presenters are provided within the PowerPoint.

The Rocks and Minerals presentation is divided into 6 parts:
• Part 1. Minerals.
  • What is a mineral?
  • Crystal Form.
  • Colour and Lustre.
  • Streak
  • Hardness
  • Cleavage and Fracture
  • Specific Gravity
  • Magnetism, Light Effects and Luminescence
  • Mineral Uses
• Part 2. Rocks.
  • What is a rock?
  • Igneous Rocks: Extrusive and Intrusive
  • Sedimentary Rocks
  • Weathering
  • Sedimentary Environments
  • Fossils
  • Metamorphic Rocks
  • Rock Uses
• Part 3. Activity - Natural or Man-made?
• Part 4. Where do we find rocks?
• Part 5. Activity - Permeability
• Part 6. Meteorites
The presentation can therefore be divided into parts if need be for time constraints.

• Activity Sheets

Work sheets are not available yet.