Elemental Science

Allow students to explore the reactions that take place with everyday household products. Students take temperature measurements and determine whether the reaction that took place were endothermic or exothermic in a data table. Students then practice making a bar graph showing the temperature change among the reactions.

Make use of a MN website to have students read facts and draw their own illustrations to represent these facts about the mining industry around the country. They will also draw the process of mining a mineral or ore labeling their drawing. This resource provides instruction, a chart for illustration, and directions for labeling the mining process.