Day 4 - VA's Mineral Resources
Objective:
Students will define coal (and other minterals) are nonrenewable energy sources that are mined or dug from the earth. They will explain that some land has more nonrenewable energy sources than others.
Materials:
Chips-ahoy Cookies
Paper Plates
Toothpicks
ISNs
Pencils
Tape
Lesson Overview:
Introduce Virginia's Mineral Resources on the right side of their Interactive Journal and ask what they think the minerals are used for on the left side of their Interactive Journal. Show examples of the raw mineral and explain its use. Then show the finished products.
Coal - it is a black or brownish black solid substance that takes thousands of years to be created and it is a natural resource widely used as a fuel. Coal is mined in the Southwest part of VA. It is burned to heat buildings, make electricity and create steel.
Limestone - is a rock that is formed mostly from animal remains (shells or coral). It is dug from deep pits call quarries. Sometimes quarries are filled in with water and you can swim in them (Lake Rawlings near Petersburg VA). It is used to make statues, building, roofing materials, and even blackboards.
Granite - is a type of stone that is very hard and can be polished to shine. It is also dug in quarries. It can be used in buildings and monuments, and can also be crushed and used to build roads and make bricks.
Sand and Gravel:
Sand - loose material in grains produced by the natural breaking up of rocks
Gravel - small pieces of rock and pebbles larger than grains of sand
They are used to build roads, make concrete, and make glass
Activity:
Mining for Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Children will have two chocolate chip cookies and two toothpicks. Explain that they are miners in the coal mines of Southwest VA. Their job is to get as many chocolate chips as possible because the more chocolate chips, the more money they get. The kids dig away for about 5 minutes. They then get up and walk around and view each others results. Sit the kids down and explain that if those cookies were actual mines, they would have collapsed on them. Ask them to try again with the second cookie - being much more careful. Conclude the activity by asking which cookie got the most chips and what were the consequences.
Assessment:
Have students paste cookie mining directions into their ISNs (Interactive Student Notebooks). On the left have students record their reactions to how many chips they got and what were the consequences. Ask them to consider the cookie being the earth. What are the consequences - how can we prevent harm to the earth and how can we fix it?
Students will define coal (and other minterals) are nonrenewable energy sources that are mined or dug from the earth. They will explain that some land has more nonrenewable energy sources than others.
Materials:
Chips-ahoy Cookies
Paper Plates
Toothpicks
ISNs
Pencils
Tape
Lesson Overview:
Introduce Virginia's Mineral Resources on the right side of their Interactive Journal and ask what they think the minerals are used for on the left side of their Interactive Journal. Show examples of the raw mineral and explain its use. Then show the finished products.
Coal - it is a black or brownish black solid substance that takes thousands of years to be created and it is a natural resource widely used as a fuel. Coal is mined in the Southwest part of VA. It is burned to heat buildings, make electricity and create steel.
Limestone - is a rock that is formed mostly from animal remains (shells or coral). It is dug from deep pits call quarries. Sometimes quarries are filled in with water and you can swim in them (Lake Rawlings near Petersburg VA). It is used to make statues, building, roofing materials, and even blackboards.
Granite - is a type of stone that is very hard and can be polished to shine. It is also dug in quarries. It can be used in buildings and monuments, and can also be crushed and used to build roads and make bricks.
Sand and Gravel:
Sand - loose material in grains produced by the natural breaking up of rocks
Gravel - small pieces of rock and pebbles larger than grains of sand
They are used to build roads, make concrete, and make glass
Activity:
Mining for Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Children will have two chocolate chip cookies and two toothpicks. Explain that they are miners in the coal mines of Southwest VA. Their job is to get as many chocolate chips as possible because the more chocolate chips, the more money they get. The kids dig away for about 5 minutes. They then get up and walk around and view each others results. Sit the kids down and explain that if those cookies were actual mines, they would have collapsed on them. Ask them to try again with the second cookie - being much more careful. Conclude the activity by asking which cookie got the most chips and what were the consequences.
Assessment:
Have students paste cookie mining directions into their ISNs (Interactive Student Notebooks). On the left have students record their reactions to how many chips they got and what were the consequences. Ask them to consider the cookie being the earth. What are the consequences - how can we prevent harm to the earth and how can we fix it?