Middle School Science Lessons

Objectives: students will learn about how common items in their home are the products of mining and made from minerals (updated 5/6/25)

Materials:

I like to use the Minerals in Your House page to introduce minerals to my students and have them explore the different ways we use minerals in our everyday life. In this post I am including an updated worksheet for students to take notes while they view the website.

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8 responses

  1. Lizzie Avatar
    Lizzie

    thanks for this! really nice of you to make this, helps a lot with learning

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    1. Liz Belasic Avatar
      Liz Belasic

      Thanks for letting me know!

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  2. Jana Lucas Avatar
    Jana Lucas

    The Mineralogy4Kids website is gone!?! What happened?
    I used this site and activity for the last 6 years. It was a good one.

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  3. fortune Terzi Avatar
    fortune Terzi

    Hi,
    I just wanted to let you know that the Mineralogy4kids website is no longer working. Do you by any chance have an update? Thanks.

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    1. Liz Belasic Avatar
      Liz Belasic

      nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :( I can’t find a new web address for it either ughhhhhhh

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  4. Allison Avatar
    Allison

    The mineralogy4kids link no longer works.

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  5. Dominique Avatar
    Dominique

    Hello! Thank you so much for sharing! I downloaded the pdf and converted it to a Google Doc, then posted it to Google Classroom. I hope that was okay!

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    1. Liz Belasic Avatar
      Liz Belasic

      Yes, of course! :)

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