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Stories In Stone Storytelling
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QUESTION

 * What were are supposed to do in this project is to find out the difference between rocks and minerals.

MATERIALS

 * We used these materials in the experiment:


 * 2 Spoons
 * 2 Popsicle Sticks
 * Paper Plate
 * Tape
 * Salt
 * 2 Paper Cups
 * Bowl
 * Boiled Water
 * Magnifying Glass

PROCEDURE

 * This is how do do the experiment step by step.

popsicle sticks until the salt dissolves.
 * 1.** First, boil water in the bowl.
 * 2.** Then, pour the boiled water inside the cupes (don't burn yourself!).
 * 3.** Next, pour a spoon of salt into each of the paper cups and stir with the
 * 4.** Meanwhile, take each spoon and put them on each side of the paper plate.
 * 5.** Next, take the cups of boiled water and pour the water on each spoons (only fill the spoons 3/4 of the way).
 * 6.** Don't touch the spoons. Let them sit to dry and evaporate for a couple of days.
 * 7.** Lastly, make a hypothesis. What do you think will happen next? You may use a magnifying glass

Hypothesis

 * We predict that the salty water will evaporate and the salt on the spoon will turn into crystals, and it become a mineral. A mineral has patterns and are put together in a certain way. A rock is just kind of squished together in an irregular way. Minerals have crystals, they are one substance, and they should usually be smooth. Rocks might not be shiny, different colored, and usually made with more than one substance.

Observations

 * During our observation, we found that some crystals were shaped as triangles, squares, and even a couple of other shapes. We found out that all crystals had a pattern, even though they didn't really look like they had one.

Our Rock Predictions. Rock or Mineral?

 * Rock # || Predictions || Rock or Mineral || Why? ||
 * #1 || Might be Quartz || Mineral || White and sparkly ||
 * #2 || Maybe #9 on Moh's hardness scale || Mineral || Hard and peach colored ||
 * #3 || Maybe Slate || Mineral || Very flaky, lots of layers ||
 * #4 || Looks like #13 || Rock || Larger minerals, no pattern ||
 * #5 || Looks like Coral || Rock || Looks like an underwater rock ||
 * #6 || Might be Obsidian || Mineral || Very fractured, black colored ||
 * #7 || Might be Talc || Mineral || Very powdery, no density ||
 * #8 || Lots of rocks put together || Rock || Kind of like sedimentary ||
 * #9 || Might be second softest || Rock || Composed of lots of stuff ||
 * #10 || Might be Limestone || Mineral || Looks like Limestone ||
 * #11 || Might be Sandstone || Rock || Looks like sedimentary rock ||
 * #12 || Looks like #16; Maybe Kaolin || Mineral || Kaolin makes cement ||
 * #13 || Looks like #4 || Rock || Smaller minerals, no pattern ||
 * #14 || Might be Quartz || Mineral || Looks like #1, shinier than #1 ||
 * #15 || Not sure || Rock || Can chip, yellow stuff(mold?) ||
 * #16 || Looks like #12 || Mineral || Maybe not Kaolin, but looks like #12 ||



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