This PowerPoint is one small part of the Geology Topics unit from www.sciencepowerpoint.com. This unit consists of a five part 6000+ slide PowerPoint roadmap, 14 page bundled homework package, modified homework, detailed answer keys, 12 pages of unit notes for students who may require assistance, follow along worksheets, and many review games. The homework and lesson notes chronologically follow the PowerPoint slideshow. The answer keys and unit notes are great for support professionals. The activities and discussion questions in the slideshow are meaningful. The PowerPoint includes built-in instructions, visuals, and review questions. Also included are critical class notes (color coded red), project ideas, video links, and review games. This unit also includes four PowerPoint review games (110+ slides each with Answers), 38+ video links, lab handouts, activity sheets, rubrics, materials list, templates, guides, 6 PowerPoint review Game, and much more. Also included is a 190 slide first day of school PowerPoint presentation. Areas of Focus within The Geology Topics Unit: -Plate Tectonics, Evidence for Plate Tectonics, Pangea, Energy Waves, Layers of the Earth, Heat Transfer, Types of Crust, Plate Boundaries, Hot Spots, Volcanoes, Positives and Negatives of Volcanoes, Types of Volcanoes, Parts of a Volcano, Magma, Types of Lava, Viscosity, Earthquakes, Faults, Folds, Seismograph, Richter Scale, Seismograph, Tsunami's, Rocks, Minerals, Crystals, Uses of Minerals, Types of Crystals, Physical Properties of Minerals, Rock Cycle, Common Igneous Rocks, Common Sedimentary Rocks, Common Metamorphic Rocks. This unit aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards and with Common Core Standards for ELA and Literacy for Science and Technical Subjects. See preview for more information If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thanks again and best wishes. Sincerely, Ryan Murphy M.Ed www.sciencepowerpoint@gmail.com

3. • RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very
important and should be recorded in your
science journal.
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4. -Nice neat notes that are legible and use indentations
when appropriate.
-Example of indent.
-Skip a line between topics
-Don’t skip pages
-Make visuals clear and well drawn.

5. • RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very
important and should be recorded in your
science journal.
• BLACK SLIDE: Pay attention, follow
directions, complete projects as described
and answer required questions neatly.
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8.  New Area of Focus: Rocks and Minerals
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9.  New Area of Focus: Rocks and Minerals
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10.  New Area of Focus: Rocks and Minerals
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11.  New Area of Focus: Rocks and Minerals
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12.  New Area of Focus: Rocks and Minerals
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22.  Rock: A mass or grouping of minerals.
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23. • Rocks can be big.

24. • Rocks can be big.

25. • Rocks can be big.

26. • Rocks can be little

27. • Used in buildings.

28. • Rocks are inorganic (non-living)

29.  Minerals are natural inorganic (non-living)
solids that join together (crystals) to make
unique compositions.
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30. • Minerals form from…
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31. • Minerals form from…
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32. • Minerals form from…
• Cooling Magma
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33. • Minerals form from…
• Cooling Magma
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34. • Minerals form from…
• Cooling Magma
• Minerals dissolved in liquid (liquid
evaporates and the atoms left behind
form crystals)
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35. • Activity! Making Crystals!
Make more crystals at…
http://chemistry.about.com/od/growingcrystals/ht/blsugarcry
stal.htm

36. • Activity! Growing Crystals Demonstration.
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37. • Activity! Growing Crystals Demonstration.
– Add salt to boiling hot water until no more will
dissolve.
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38. • Activity! Growing Crystals Demonstration.
– Add salt to boiling hot water until no more will
dissolve.
– Soak a piece of cardboard in the salt solution,
then set it in a sunny, dry spot to dry.
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39. • Activity! Growing Crystals Demonstration.
– Add salt to boiling hot water until no more will
dissolve.
– Soak a piece of cardboard in the salt solution,
then set it in a sunny, dry spot to dry.
– The next day, using a stereoscope, draw the
crystals that you see.
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40. • Other crystal making experiments.
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlYL4_cgCT
U&feature=BFa&list=EC77ECE976316E5992

41. • Video Link! Growing Crystals
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KTrt38SYlc
– The crystal solution was made by mixing 3 tablespoons ammonia, 3 tablespoons of Mrs. Stewart's
laundry bluing (Prussian Blue), and 1 tablespoon of salt. The solution wicks up a cardboard tube that
is cut to form branches (tree), allowing the crystals to grow on the surface. (several days)
Learn more / demonstration at…
http://www.scienceoffcenter.org/science/304-jet-stream-josh

42.  A crystal is a solid in which the atoms are
arranged in a repeating pattern.
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43.  A crystal is a solid in which the atoms are
arranged in a repeating pattern.
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44. • Activity! Create a human crystal.
– Teacher assigns students one at a time to create
some form of atomic structure by laying on the
floor and using your arms and legs to form atomic
bonds in a crystal.

45. • Activity! Create a human crystal.
– Teacher assigns students one at a time to create
some form of atomic structure by laying on the
floor and using your arms and legs to form atomic
bonds in a crystal.

46. • Activity! Create a human crystal.
– Teacher assigns students one at a time to create
some form of atomic structure by laying on the
floor and using your arms and legs to form atomic
bonds in a crystal.

47. • Activity! Create a human crystal.
– Teacher assigns students one at a time to create
some form of atomic structure by laying on the
floor and using your arms and legs to form atomic
bonds in a crystal.

48. • Activity! Create a human crystal.
– Teacher assigns students one at a time to create
some form of atomic structure by laying on the
floor and using your arms and legs to form atomic
bonds in a crystal.

49. • Activity! Create a human crystal.
– Teacher assigns students one at a time to create
some form of atomic structure by laying on the
floor and using your arms and legs to form atomic
bonds in a crystal.

53. • Activity! Stare into this “magic” crystal, does it
make you feel more powerful.
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54. • Activity! Stare into this “magic” crystal, does it
make you feel more powerful.
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72. • Do crystals have magic powers?
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73. • Do crystals have magic powers?
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77. • Video! The Deadly Crystal Cave.
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgUFb_l4DLE
Naica Mine of Chihuahua, Mexico

78. • Quiz Wiz 1-10. (Oral / Hand signals) Is it a
rock, mineral, or neither? 1-10
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79. • Review!
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80. • Review!
– Rock: A grouping of minerals
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81. • Review!
– Rock: A grouping of minerals
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82. • Review!
– Rock: A grouping of minerals
– Mineral: Minerals are natural inorganic (non-
living) solids that join together (crystals) to
make unique compositions.
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83. • Review!
– Rock: A grouping of minerals
– Mineral: Minerals are natural inorganic (non-
living) solids that join together (crystals) to
make unique compositions.
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84. • Review!
– Rock: A grouping of minerals
– Mineral: Minerals are natural inorganic (non-
living) solids that join together (crystals) to
make unique compositions.
– Neither: Not either; not one or the other.
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85. • Review!
– Rock: A grouping of minerals
– Mineral: Minerals are natural inorganic (non-
living) solids that join together (crystals) to
make unique compositions.
– Neither: Not either; not one or the other.
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86. • Review!
– Rock: A grouping of minerals
– Mineral: Minerals are natural inorganic (non-
living) solids that join together (crystals) to
make unique compositions.
– Neither: Not either; not one or the other.
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87. • Review!
– Rock: A grouping of minerals
– Mineral: Minerals are natural inorganic (non-
living) solids that join together (crystals) to
make unique compositions.
– Neither: Not either; not one or the other.
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106. • Table Salt (NaCl) under electron
microscope on pretzel is a mineral.

119. • #11 Bonus:
“Who am I?”
“Any of my
names
count.”

120. • #11 Answer: “I am The Rock.”
“My real name is
Dwayne Johnson.”

121. • #11 Answer: “I am The Rock.”
“My real name is
Dwayne Johnson.”

122. • #11 Answer: “I am The Rock.”
“My real name is
Dwayne Johnson.”

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135. • You can now complete this question.

136. http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Website Link:

137. • This part of the PowerPoint roadmap is just one small
part of my Geology Topics Unit. This unit includes…
• A six part 6,000 Slide PowerPoint Presentation / unit
roadmap full of activities, review questions, games, video
links, flashcards, materials list, and much more.
• A 18 bundled homework package, modified version, 19
pages of unit notes, 6 PowerPoint Review Games of
100+ slides each, videos, rubrics, and much more that
all chronologically follow the unit slideshow.
• This is a fantastic unit for any Earth Science Class.
• http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Geology_Unit.html

139. Areas of Focus within The Geology Topics Unit:
-Areas of Focus within The Geology Topics Unit: Plate Tectonics, Evidence for
Plate Tectonics, Pangea, Energy Waves, Layers of the Earth, Heat Transfer,
Types of Crust, Plate Boundaries, Hot Spots, Volcanoes, Positives and
Negatives of Volcanoes, Types of Volcanoes, Parts of a Volcano, Magma, Types
of Lava, Viscosity, Earthquakes, Faults, Folds, Seismograph, Richter Scale,
Seismograph, Tsunami’s, Rocks, Minerals, Crystals, Uses of Minerals, Types of
Crystals, Physical Properties of Minerals, Rock Cycle, Common Igneous Rocks,
Common Sedimentary Rocks, Common Metamorphic Rocks., Age of the Earth,
Uniformitarianism, Principle of Superposition, Earth History, Time Units,
Timeline of Events, Basic Evolution, Mass Extinction Events, Dinosaurs, Early
Mammals, and more.
Full Unit can be found at…
http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Geology_Unit.html

146. • This was a very brief tour. Please visit the
links below to learn more about each of the
units in this curriculum package.
– These units take me about four years to complete
with my students in grades 5-10.
Earth Science Units Extended Tour Link and Curriculum Guide
Geology Topics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Geology_Unit.html
Astronomy Topics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Astronomy_Unit.html
Weather and Climate Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Weather_Climate_Unit.html
Soil Science, Weathering, More http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Soil_and_Glaciers_Unit.html
Water Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Water_Molecule_Unit.html
Rivers Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/River_and_Water_Quality_Unit.html
= Easier = More Difficult = Most Difficult
5th – 7th grade 6th – 8th grade 8th – 10th grade

147. Physical Science Units Extended Tour Link and Curriculum Guide
Science Skills Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Science_Introduction_Lab_Safety_Metric_Methods.
html
Motion and Machines Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Newtons_Laws_Motion_Machines_Unit.html
Matter, Energy, Envs. Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Energy_Topics_Unit.html
Atoms and Periodic Table Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Atoms_Periodic_Table_of_Elements_Unit.html
Life Science Units Extended Tour Link and Curriculum Guide
Human Body / Health Topics
http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Human_Body_Systems_and_Health_Topics_Unit.html
DNA and Genetics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/DNA_Genetics_Unit.html
Cell Biology Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Cellular_Biology_Unit.html
Infectious Diseases Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Infectious_Diseases_Unit.html
Taxonomy and Classification Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Taxonomy_Classification_Unit.html
Evolution / Natural Selection Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Evolution_Natural_Selection_Unit.html
Botany Topics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Plant_Botany_Unit.html
Ecology Feeding Levels Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Feeding_Levels_Unit.htm
Ecology Interactions Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Interactions_Unit.html
Ecology Abiotic Factors Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Abiotic_Factors_Unit.html

148. • More Units Available at…
Earth Science: The Soil Science and Glaciers Unit, The Geology Topics
Unit, The Astronomy Topics Unit, The Weather and Climate Unit, and The
Rivers and Water Quality Unit, The Water Molecule Unit.
Physical Science: The Laws of Motion and Machines Unit, The Atoms
and Periodic Table Unit, The Energy and the Environment Unit, and
Science Skills Unit.
Life Science: The Diseases and Cells Unit, The DNA and Genetics Unit,
The Life Topics Unit, The Plant Unit, The Taxonomy and Classification
Unit, Ecology: Feeding Levels Unit, Ecology: Interactions Unit, Ecology:
Abiotic Factors, The Evolution and Natural Selection Unit and The Human
Body Systems and Health Topics Unit
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149. • The entire four year curriculum can be found at...
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contact me with any questions you may have.
Thank you for your interest in this curriculum.
Sincerely,
Ryan Murphy M.Ed
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