This bundle contains most of the materials I use to teach a Rocks and Minerals unit three-quarters of the way through 9th/10th grade Earth Science. It contains notes, labs, activities, handouts, quizzes, and review. Most answer keys are included at the end of each handout.

Documents included in this bundle:

Igneous Rocks wkst

Jeopardy review

Classifying Lab

Igneous Rocks Lab

Mineral Identification Lab

Rock Candy Lab

Sedimentary Rocks Lab

Metamorphic Rocks wskt

Mineral Tests wkst

Moh's Hardness Scale notes

Pyroxenes and Silicates notes

Quiz: Igneous Rocks

Quiz: Metamorphic Rocks

Quiz: Mineral Tests

Quiz: Rock Types

Quiz: Sedimentary Rocks

Rocks and Minerals Research Project

Sedimentary Rocks wkst

The Rock Cycle introduction (notes?)

Unit Handout

Unit Plan

Unit Outline

Unit Review

Who Needs Minerals Anyway? applications wkst

Also (identifies other resources that I use but can't include here because I don't own them)

All diagrams (and some pictures) are created as shapes in MS Word, so they do not get grainy when printed.

I do not want these quizzes or their answer keys floating around the internet. Please keep ALL answer keys for your eyes only, and don't allow students to take the quizzes home, take pictures of their quiz, etc.

Note: Parts of the unit refer to the ESRT. This is New York State's Earth Science Reference Tables. Even if you don't teach in New York State, they are a fantastic resource (both of information and to help students practice finding information elsewhere, which they will often do in the real world). Printable copies can be found here or here.