Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Earth Science - Geology - Mohs Scale of Hardness

Rocks and Minerals by Tracy Staedter (Reader's Digest Pathfinders)
Geology by Barbara Murck

Vocabulary Added:
mohs scale: determines the relative hardness of minerals

Discussion:
Why some rocks are harder than others
Testing for hardness

Activity:
Use rock collection to test hardness of rocks against each other.  Make a chart, putting rocks in order of hardness.

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