Add to ORKGIn this activity, students will learn the properties of cleavage and fracture (how minerals break when struck with a hammer), and will use these properties as a diagnostic test for identifying minerals. Working in small groups, they will break a selection of specimens with a hammer, observe the results, and record their observations. A student worksheet and discussion questions are provided
Understanding certain aspects of structural geology can be challenging for undergraduates, and the g...
This is a notched zinc specimen broken by impact at room temperature. It has failed by a cleavage me...
This learning activity will provide an introduction to the tools used for hardness testing of variou...
In this activity, students will learn the properties of cleavage and fracture (how minerals break wh...
This activity gives students practice and a chance to develop expertise in using the test for hardne...
In this activity students bring in samples of local rocks for the teacher to cut in half with a diam...
In this activity, students use written and online materials to answer a set of questions on the gene...
This site provides an in-depth look at mineral properties and identification. An alphabetical listin...
The fracture behavior of rocks is known to depend on the microstructures of the rocks: the distribut...
This interactive slide show of common rocks and minerals allows students to choose from two sets of ...
All forms of rock failure usually happen within a very wide range of loading rates covering static a...
This web site provides a tutorial on how to test the hardness of a mineral. The hardness of a minera...
In this activity, students will discover that minerals have specific characteristics that help to id...
A blasting experiment was conducted on iron ore samples by considering multiple coupling charge coef...
The topic of this lesson is an introduction to minerals for students in grades 5-8. The focus of thi...
Understanding certain aspects of structural geology can be challenging for undergraduates, and the g...
This is a notched zinc specimen broken by impact at room temperature. It has failed by a cleavage me...
This learning activity will provide an introduction to the tools used for hardness testing of variou...
In this activity, students will learn the properties of cleavage and fracture (how minerals break wh...
This activity gives students practice and a chance to develop expertise in using the test for hardne...
In this activity students bring in samples of local rocks for the teacher to cut in half with a diam...
In this activity, students use written and online materials to answer a set of questions on the gene...
This site provides an in-depth look at mineral properties and identification. An alphabetical listin...
The fracture behavior of rocks is known to depend on the microstructures of the rocks: the distribut...
This interactive slide show of common rocks and minerals allows students to choose from two sets of ...
All forms of rock failure usually happen within a very wide range of loading rates covering static a...
This web site provides a tutorial on how to test the hardness of a mineral. The hardness of a minera...
In this activity, students will discover that minerals have specific characteristics that help to id...
A blasting experiment was conducted on iron ore samples by considering multiple coupling charge coef...
The topic of this lesson is an introduction to minerals for students in grades 5-8. The focus of thi...
Understanding certain aspects of structural geology can be challenging for undergraduates, and the g...
This is a notched zinc specimen broken by impact at room temperature. It has failed by a cleavage me...
This learning activity will provide an introduction to the tools used for hardness testing of variou...