Minerals+Project

= Inside Earth Chapter 4 Minerals Project: =

**Introduction.**
For the Chapter 4 Minerals project, you will be choosing a mineral from a list of known minerals, researching information about your mineral, then creating an on line poster of the mineral you've chosen for your project. You will learn how to create your on line poster using a website on the internet as your tool. The name of the website is glogster EDU. Your on line poster(s) is known as a GLOG. Open the file to view the project guidelines.

**Step 1 is to chose your mineral**.
You may use any resource that lists names of known minerals. Each student must choose a mineral. The mineral you choose cannot be one of the minerals shown in appendix B of the Inside Earth textbook. No two students can choose the same mineral. Below are some suggested sites where you can find the names of the known minerals:

**Step 2 is research the required information about your mineral.**
You may use any resource you choose to research information about your mineral. There are many resources (both on line and in printed reference sources) where you can find the required information about your mineral. You will need to complete and turn in your research worksheet prior to beginning the poster. Open (and print if you wish) the file to view the information you must research. Below are some suggested sites:
 * ==Minerals By Name ==
 * ==Classes or Groups of Minerals ==
 * ==[|Minerals A-Z (use the "sort by alphabetical order" link)]==
 * ==Here's a Great Data Base of Mineral Information==
 * ==[|Periodic Table of the Elements]==

Step 3 is to create your on line poster (GLOG) using the Glogster.Edu website.
An account has been created for you on the website. See Mr. Kraynak for your log in name and password. Here is a link to the login page of the website: @http://edu.glogster.com/login/

Once logged in, you can begin creating your poster.

Open (and print if you wish) the file to view the Student How To Use Glogster PDF.

You can learn more on how to use the website to create on line posters by clicking on and watching the you tube video, the teacher tube video, and the slide show below.

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You Tube Video:

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**Below is a Sample Mineral Project Glog. Using your rubric, what grade would you give this glog?**
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Step 4 is to submit your Mineral Glog for Grading.
Open and view (print if you wish) the file for instructions on how to submit your Mineral Glog for grading.