Skiing, Mineral Building, and Rock Making

It has been a while since my last blog post, but here are some much needed pictures! First, I have a few pictures to show from our mineral building lab. Students worked with a partner to build a crystal structure for a particular mineral using toothpicks and play-dough. Then they modeled what happens to real minerals by putting pressure on the structures with coasters. They quickly collapsed!










We also had the AWESOME experience of skiing at Snowsnake! The students did great, and I was so proud of their courage and perseverance to conquer the slopes! Here are some of the highlights:











Last, but not least, we had fun making rocks out of crayon shavings! We had time to try out sedimentary and metamorphic, but ran out of time before trying the igneous! Students put pressure on the crayons using tables and books to make sedimentary rock. To make the metamorphic rock, students heated up the shavings with hot water until they melted a bit. Then they put more pressure on those rocks. Here are some pictures! 










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