Your first name: last initial Mineral Identification

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Your mineral name here

Do you think the steps below of the scientific method must be followed in order? _____, because _they are important to follow ________________________________________________________________________. 1. State the problem (the objective in the form of a question). 2. Gather information. 3. Form a hypothesis. 4. Experiment! 5. Record and analyze data. 6. Form a conclusion. 7. Communicate results.

Now that you are done researching and identifying your mineral fill-in the information for each step of the scientific method below. Then, number which step was first, second, etc. Objective: Use the steps of the scientific method to identify a mystery mineral. Materials: -Mineral -Streak Plate -Laptop -paper 1.State The problem 2. Gather informtion 3. form a hypothesis 4.Experment! 5. Record a anlyze data 6. Form a conclusion 7. Cummunicate result 8.

Procedure:

1. State the problem. (Hint: Just write the objective above in the form of a question. 2. How do I use the steps of the scientific method to identify a mystery mineral?

2. Gather information. (Look it up and/or ask an expert) *see the attached Mineral Identification Data Sheet 3. Form a hypothesis. Write a statement that tells what mineral you think yours is (your two guesses). I think my mineral is kaolinite or koashvite

4. Start the experiment! (Follow the procedure.) 5. Record and analyze data. *see the attached Mineral Identification Data Sheet 6. Form a conclusion. This must be a paragraph that includes:
An answer to the problem (question 1). How your hypothesis compares with the actual results. (Was your hypothesis correct? If not, how close were you?) A description of your mineral and what helped you find the identification of your mineral the most.

First, I used the steps of the scientific method to identify my mystery mineral. Mr. Finan gave me a mineral. I did a streak test, a hardness test, a density test, and then I could see the color and luster. We guessed and I was correct. My mineral was Kaolinite. All of the students in my grade got it correct to. My mineral was white and orange. Hardness was 1. Streak was white/orang. Felt very smooth it. The thing that helped me the most was the ABC Mineral website that helped me the most because you could search my mineral and find it any time. The second thing was the hardness scale he gave us. In the end the scientific method worked very well to identify my mineral. 7. Communicate your results. Post this report and your Data Sheet where people can see it

WCS 6th Grade Science

WCS 6th Grade Science