COOL LABS: Identifying Minerals

COOL LABS: Identifying Minerals

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Cool Labs Outreach Programs / STEM Courses /
$55.00

$55.00

6 in stock

6 Students
Duration: 1.5 hours

What are minerals? Where can they be found? How do geologists identify them? How are elements, compounds and minerals related? What is density? What’s the difference between a mineral and a gem? This lab will give your student in grades 5-6 an opportunity to explore how scientists classify minerals!

Here’s what they will learn:

    1. The criteria for identifying minerals
    2. How to calculate density by determining the mass and volume of the mineral sample
    3. Use the Mohs hardness scale 
    4. Observe fluorescence of mineral samples
    5. Use deductive reasoning to identify different mineral samples