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=Welcome to the Mineral Uses Project Page for Lake Mills Seventh Graders= http://mineralusesproject.wikispaces.com/ Mineral Advertisement ** Prepare a poster or PowerPoint presentation and 12 cookies ** You have just purchased the rights to mine a mineral. Now it is time to make some money! You need to decide how to promote this mineral in a competitive market. In order to get your business off the ground, you will need to create some capital through investors. To gain their confidence and their money you need to provide mineral and mining information to investors who wish to invest in one of the available minerals being presented at this meeting. So, your job is to describe the mineral, its structure, abundance around the world and describe five ways this mineral can be used to improve human society. The public is also concerned about the opening of a new mine. They’ve heard terrible stories about mines, and what they do to the environment, landscape and water. To ease their minds, describe your plans to preserve the environment. Of course, they also want to be sure that their investment will be profitable. Plan to present your information to the potential investors via a PowerPoint (SmartBoard presentation) or a poster. **Your advertisement should contain the following** 1. Picture of your mineral (at least one) 2. A world map with areas where you’re mineral is commonly found 3. The hardness 4. The cleavage or fracture 5. The crystal structure 6. The origin of its name *may not be available, but most are 7. The common colors 8. Five or more uses of your mineral 9. Two important facts about your mineral 10. Abundance 11. Mining practices **And make at least 1 dozen cookies that represent your mineral’s structure or use.** Example: Fluorite - a student made cookies that looked like tubes of toothpaste. Now we need to pick out our mineral. There are so many, some used in constuction, some in jewelry, and some in tools found in your kitchen, toolbox or in your backpack. You may search for a mineral on the web that is contained in one of these items or choose a mineral and find out the many uses. You may wish to select one of the minerals we investigated during the Mineral Identification Lab: Chalcopyrite Or how about, hornblende, iron, or pyrite? = =
 * Olivene ||
 * Talc ||
 * Calcite ||
 * Graphite ||
 * Sulfur ||
 * Apatite ||
 * Hematite ||
 * Magnetite ||
 * Copper ||
 * Pyrite ||
 * Halite ||
 * Mica ||
 * Feldspar ||
 * Quartz ||
 * Hornblende ||
 * Gypsum ||
 * OR... there are also a bazillion minerals in a Subaru. These are listed at http://www.geosociety.org/educate/LessonPlans/Earth_Materials_in_Subaru.pdf Maybe you'd like to use one of those minerals for your research.
 * Ms. Nye's project for a Minerals and Mining Summer Institute can be found as a webquest full of minerals and their uses at http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/Fall03/mine/index.htm might give you an idea on information that you can use in your presentation.

** Here are some websites that will help you select and research your mineral **.[[image:mining1.gif width="212" height="204" align="right"]]

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 * [|http://webmineral.com]
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 * __http://www.mindat.org/__
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 * http://geologyonline.museum.state.il.us/geogallery/
 * http://comp.uark.edu/~sboss/vrockbag.htm
 * More information than anyone can use is buried within the http://minerals.usgs.gov/ site. Great maps, etc. It will just require that you wander around a bit.


 * Reclamation information from the Department of the Interior can be found at http://www.usbr.gov/
 * Reclamation information can also be found at this Governmental site, http://www.osmre.gov/


 * Locations and specific mineral information can be found using the search box at
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 * or a search of USGS like this one []
 * Most students find what they want at []
 * Maps? You want maps? Try this on for size: []


 * You could also use Google and search 'mining effects', or 'mining _(insert your mineral here)', etc.
 * Images can be found at http://www.earthscienceworld.org/images/search/browseresults.html?Category=7

Criteria Mineral Data: 2 points each 1. Picture of your mineral (at least one) 2. A world map with areas where you’re mineral is commonly found 3. The hardness 4. The cleavage or fracture 5. The crystal structure 6. The origin of its name 7. The common colors 8. Five or more uses of your mineral 9. Two important facts about your mineral or the mining of your mineral 10 Abundance 11.Mining practices. Presentation: 5 points each ___1. __ Aesthetically pleasing, easy to see by all students _2. Speaks clearly and knowledgably ___3. __ Clearly understand information - not just reading data found a web resource _4. Presentation is given as an advertisement for this mineral ___5. __ Shares 12 cookies _6. Cookies reflect mineral in structure or function.

_ __On time (10 points)__ _ Extra credit points for creativity__