This document outlines 12 activities related to rocks and minerals. The activities cover key differences between rocks and minerals, the importance of rocks and minerals in everyday life, scientific testing of minerals, the three main rock groups, the rock cycle, and details on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Later activities investigate geologic time, geology map reading, interpreting mineral data, and mining operations.

1. Activity 1
Differences between Rocks and Minerals

2. Activity 2
The Importance of Rocks and Minerals in
Our Everyday Lives

3. Activity 3
Scientific Testing of Minerals

4. Activity 4
The Three Rock Groups

5. Activity 5
The Rock Cycle

6. Activity 6
Making Sense of Igneous Rocks

7. Activity 7
Making Sense of Sedimentary Rocks

8. Activity 8
Making Sense of Metamorphic Rocks

9. Activity 9
Investigating Geologic Time

10. Activity 10
Geology Map Reading Exercise

11. Activity 11
Interpreting Mineral Data

12. Activity 12
Extracting the Ore: Mining Operations