Explore the history of minerals and mining in South Dakota.

Assignment:  Read "Beneath South Dakota's Black Hills" and "History of Homestake Gold Mine." Arrange excerpts from articles into a found poem.

	Explore the history of minerals and mining in South Dakota.
	Discover four processes that shape Earth’s features.
	Discover how each type of rock changes into another type as it moves through the rock cycle.
	Compare two characteristics of rock that are used to help classify it.

Assignment:  Place found poems on class wiki.  Frayer Models.

	Explain how the cooling rate of magma affects the texture of igneous rock.
	Distinguish between igneous rock that cools within Earth's crust and igneous rock that cools at Earth's surface.
	Describe the origin of sedimentary rock.
	Learn the three main categories of sedimentary rock.
	Identify three types of sedimentary structures.
	Describe two ways a rock can undergo metamorphism.
	Explain how the mineral composition of rocks changes as the rocks undergo metamorphism.
	Describe the difference between foliated and nonfoliated metamorphic rock.
	Explain how metamorphic rock structures are related to deformation.

Assignment:  Review Frayer Models.

	Communicate scientific research.
	Speak before an audience.
	Use stance, movement, gestures, facial expressions and eye contact.
	Make your body language smooth and natural.
	Use voice volume, pitch, rate and quality to reflect and add meaning to presentation.
	Use display board correctly with ease and confidence.
	Avoid using notes.
	Compare the seven ways to determine the identity of minerals.
	Investigate special properties of minerals.
	Test the properties of minerals.

Assignment:  Present science project.  Presentation Rubric.

	Communicate scientific research.
	Speak before an audience.
	Use stance, movement, gestures, facial expressions and eye contact.
	Make your body language smooth and natural.
	Use voice volume, pitch, rate and quality to reflect and add meaning to presentation.
	Use display board correctly with ease and confidence.
	Avoid using notes.
	Compare the seven ways to determine the identity of minerals.
	Investigate special properties of minerals.
	Test the properties of minerals.

Assignment:  Present science project.  Presentation Rubric.