Canada Science and Technology Museum is held a 3-day professional development workshop in July 2014 for elementary school teachers across Canada. Mining Matters to delivered two of these workshop to 40 teachers and provided French and English resources.

1. Every Rock Tells a Story – Minerals
Image source: Geology.com
Description content source: Geolgogy.com and Mineralseducationcoalition.org
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Hornblende and Mica (Biotite)
Hornblende is a field and classroom name used for a group of dark-coloured amphibole minerals found in many types of igneous and metamorphic rocks. It is a rock forming mineral. A few rocks consist almost entirely of hornblende.
Biotite is a name used for a large group of rock forming minerals that are commonly found in igneous and metamorphic rocks. Biotite is a primary mineral found in a wide range of crystalline igneous rocks such as granite, pegmatite and diorite. It also forms under metamorphic conditions when argillaceous (a sedimentary rock formed from clay deposits) rocks are exposed to heat and pressure to form schist and gneiss.
Feldspars
(Albite and Orthoclase)
Feldspar is rock-forming mineral a large component of the Earth’s crust. Feldspars crystallize from magma in both intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks, as veins, and are also present in many types of metamorphic rock. When feldspar weathers from igneous or metamorphic rocks, it can accumulate as sand. It is, however, easily weathered, and eventually will break down into clay. Feldspars are also found in many types of sedimentary rock.
Quartz
Quartz is the most common minerals in the Earth's continental crust. Chemically, quartz is silica, or silicon dioxide, SiO2. Quartz is physically and chemically resistant to weathering. When quartz-bearing rocks become weathered and eroded, the grains of resistant quartz are concentrated in the soil, in rivers, and on beaches. It is found in most types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.