Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Mineral Unit

Mineral Learning Zone
Visit the site above to refresh your memory about minerals. Be sure to join in on the fun by taking part in the fun games that include minerals and their uses.Then, think about what we have learned in our Geology unit and explain if you think minerals are found on other planets? Explain your reasoning in a few well thought out sentences.

39 comments:

Katrina, Jack, Alex said...

We think that minerals are on other planets because other planets might be made of rocks and minerals. If a piece chips off of a planet it might become a new mineral. This website had fun games and made us think more in depth of minerals.

Natsuki, Paul, Andrew said...

We think that minerals are on other planets because they need to have some kind of composition of rocks and minerals. The planets cant be made out of goo because they have to be solid unlike goo that will drip.

Mike R, Sarah, Robbie said...

I think that there are minerals on other planets because Mars itself is made of minerals.

Kirsten, Nasreen, & Nolan. said...

We think there are minerals on other planets because all planets are made out of rock. And if a planet is made out of rock it has to have minerals on it.

Shaban. Breanna, Shannon said...

Yes we do think that there are minerals on other planets. We think this, because the rocks can have minerals in them like iron and rocks are found all over other planets. Good day. ♥

Alex E. said...

I feel that there is minerials on other planets because planets can have rocks and dust and other substances that are made of minerals. Many things are made of minerals.

Alana said...

we minerals because earth is a planet and we have minerals. rocks are minerals and people have said to have moon rocks.
that is i think there are rocks on other planets

Laura said...

This website was very intresting and now I think that there are minerals on other planets because mars is made up of minerals

Gayle said...

I do think that there are minerals on other planets but we never found them yet. I beleve this because if there are so many minerals on one of the planets than think of all the minerals on all the other planets.

Jessie said...

I think minerals are on different planets because the earth is made up of minerals. There have also been people that have seen minerals on other planets.

Jen & Faye said...

We think minerals are probably on other planets, because earth is a planet, and human inhabitance doesn't really effect the creation of minerals. Therefore, there are probably minerals on other planets.
We thought this website was fascinating, including facts about how everday objects are made out of minerals.

tiyana said...

This was really fun exploring minerals the games were fun too. I think there are minerals on other planets because earth has alot of minerals. I also think that if we go to other planets and look at there soil mabe we can find minerals.

Andy said...

I think there is minerals on other planets because everything I saw said there was minerals everywhere. So there must be on some other planets.

Eylon Liani said...

What mineral is mars made out of?
I agree that every plant has minerals because if no than what would it be made out of
What are the rings of saturn made out of? air

Johnny said...

There are things that can break diamonds you know. You just need to discover what

PS: I like turtles

Eylon Liani said...

no johnny they can break diamonds with a machine
how do u thuink they make jewlery

Ariana.J said...

yes i do think that there are minerals on planets beacause some planets are made out of rocks and rocks are minerals!!!!
:) <3

Dante and Rohan said...

well we think that minerals are on different planets because part of their lithosphere is probably made out of minerals

Anonymous said...

We think that it is so RAD how we use and see a large variety of minerals daily to help us with our appearance and sanitizing. we also find it very intresting how we learn about many different minerals in science that we see every day!<3=]

Kaylee Derderian said...

i think minerals are on diffrent planets beacuse they are found almost everywere on earth.

Anonymous said...

We think that it is so RAD how we use and see a large variety of minerals daily to help us with our appearance and sanitizing. we also find it very intresting how we learn about many different minerals in science that we see every day!<3=] and yes we do think that there are minerals on other planets.. why you might ask? because there are tons of minerals on earth so why not other planetss?? also we have herd before that planets are made out of minerals,yeaaaaah!!!!!!!!!

Thomas [: said...

Minerals are probably on other planets like mars it is completely made of rocks and sand

Thomas said...

sorry ment minerals not rocks

Anonymous said...

We think that it is so RAD how we use and see a large variety of minerals daily to help us with our appearance and sanitizing. we also find it very intresting how we learn about many different minerals in science that we see every day!<3=] and yes we do think that there are minerals on other planets.. why you might ask? because there are tons of minerals on earth so why not other planetss?? also we have herd before that planets are made out of minerals,yeaaaaah!!!!!!!!!
From Rachel Freeman<3(: and Meghan Trovatoo( :

Chungster(Kevin) said...

i learned that there is alot of minerals in a object we use alot...
=)

steve said...

wow there are lots of minerals used in object :D

Jennifer Castronovo said...

i think minerals are on other planets because people have shown proof of rocks from the mars rover and just people bringing them back that they got when they were up in space. i belive rocks and minerals are on planets.

Alyssa said...

Yes, I think there are minerals on other planets. Since earth's lithoshphere is made of rock, the other planets must also have a similar structure. Therefore, because rocks are minerals, planets must have minerals :D

???Jessica Pgano said...

I think that minerals ARE on other planets because on Mars it is red so there might be some cinnabar. Earth is a planet and we have all different types of minerals on it. The mars rover is on mars so it might lays on soil, sand, rocks and minerals. The mars rover also has proof of rocks and some minerals make up rocks. so that is my answer to the mineral guestion.

Anonymous said...

in third grade i went to a rock museam

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Anonymous said...

the museam i went to was the franklin rock and mineral museam

Anonymous said...

i didn't know there were so many different types of rocks and minerals.

Joey, Danielle, Molly, Ryan said...

I cant believe how much we use minerals in our every day lives.:)

Hannah, Angela. Nick, mujtaba said...

Why is pumice so light when it looks so heavy???? :/

Amanda, Erin, Nick R., and Amine said...

The games/activities were knowledgeable and fun. Even though we studied minerals, we learned new things!!!

anynonomous lolll said...

I think minerals can be found on other planets because other planets have solids too so....

Joseph Chang said...

The problems that living in space will cause are lack of food supply and water. If having a stroke or other health issues, there will not be any help near by. It would be safer to go to the moon for a shorter time period. Not only you might lose a innocent astronaut, you might lose a million dollar spacecraft. Oxygen, tiredness, and lack of exersize are going to affect the trip. Going on a year round trip will cause a huge risk. Who knows what might happen? The space suit can explode, health issues, lonlyness, etc. A shorter trip and rechecking equipments will lessen the risk of death. If you were to trip on a risk year to mars, bring asstance with you. Rockets providing foods, liquids, medicine, and extra equipment might allow you to live.