ROCKS AND MINERALS

Surface and Interior of the Earth:  http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Interior_Structure/overview.html

Interior of Earth:  http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Interior_Structure/overview.html

Structure of the Earth:  http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate1.htm

What makes up the earth's lithosphere?

What causes changes in earth's lithosphere?

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/interior/earths_crust.html

http://www.enotes.com/earth-science/lithosphere

Skills Learning Targets

1. Identify the three types of rocks and describe their major features
2. Identify that rocks are composed of minerals
3. Test and sort minerals based on their physical properties
4. Explain the dynamic processes that wear away earth's surface
5. Model how the process of weathering breaks down rocks to form sediment
6. Diagram the layers of the earth
7. Diagram the rock cycle  
8. Explain mechanical and chemical weathering
9. Provide examples of erosion
10. Identify the types of erosion
11. Explain the three different kinds of plate boundaries and the resulting land formations
12. Simulate the creation of a fossil
13. Make observations about and discuss dating of fossils