Science+Rox!

Science does rock but sometimes science is all about rocks. I mean real rocks, the kind that you can pick up, put in a slingshot and kill a giant with. Or the kind that can fall on you if you stand underneath one during an earthquake. Or not. But the point is you gotta know something about rocks. Oh and I need to tell you that knowing about rocks means you know about what makes up a rock which means you know about minerals too. So here are the expectations I have about rocks that you must know.

=**First**= You gotta know something about the [|chemical and physical properties]of rocks. That means you must know what a chemical and physical property is so either click on the links or wait until we study about them in class. My advice to help you succeed is that you click on the links and email me any questions. That way you don't have to wait to get started and when we do get started you will breeze through it!

Physical properties: Streak, specific gravity (density), luster, cleavage, crystal shape, hardness (Moh's scale) and color Chemical properties: Reaction with hydrochloric acid (HCl) The minerals that you will need to know about are: **calcite, quartz, mica, feldspar, and hornblende**.
 * Specific properties that you will need to know that relate to minerals**

To begin find out what a streak is and how each of those minerals compare when streaked. **Record that in your wiki.** Then move on to the other properties.

=**Second**= You gotta know what the differences and similarities are between three seperate flavors of rocks, sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic. This means you should classify and describe the features of each type of rock. I have a way to help you do that. Just print out this and fill it in. When you are done

**turn it in to me** and then find a way to put that information into your wiki.
=Third= You gotta know the rock cycle. This includes knowing how rock is formed and transformed, where the energy comes from to transform one flavor of rock into another, and the process of how that happens. This also includes:
 * Being able to classify igneous rocks by crystal size and how minerals are arranged.
 * Knowing why felsic rock is less dense than mafic rock
 * How that density relates to subduction at convergent plate boundaries
 * How subduction relates to the configuration of land masses and ocean basins
 * Being able to identify sandstone, shale and limestone by thier composition and texture.
 * Being able to explain how sandstone, shale and limestone become quarzite, slate and marble