MARY ANN C. CAPINIG, MA.Ed.

Earth and Life Science

Prayer
Attendance Checking per group
Recapitulation of the Lesson
What is rock?
What is mineral?
How rocks differ from minerals?
 1. Who are the characters in the video?
 2. Where did it takes place?
 3. What is the estimated year did it happen?
 4. What happened in the video?
 5. Why did the Homo habilis get wounded?
 6. What properties of rocks did the Homo habilis
discover?
1. Have you experienced seeing
those rocks personally?
2. Are you curious why rocks have
different colors?
3. Have you wondered why rocks
have different sizes?
Luster is the way light interacts with the
surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral. The
word traces its origins back to the Latin lux,
meaning "light", and generally implies
radiance, gloss, or brilliance. A range of terms
are used to describe luster, such as earthy,
metallic, greasy, and silky
It is the visual and tactile (how it
feels) quality of a surface.
The coarse-grained, fine-grained,
and glassy are all descriptions of a
rock's texture.
It is the spatial dimensions, proportions,
magnitude, or bulk of something.
-Rocks can grow stronger and heavier.
Also, a rock's density may increase if it
undergoes pressure — packing the same
amount of material into a smaller space
(volume). "This makes a piece of the
metamorphic rock feel heavier than the
same-sized piece of the original rock,"
It is the amount or quantity of heaviness or
mass.
Rocks can be light or heavy depending on the
minerals
-it can be heavy if it has precious minerals in it.
-Light if it has no precious mineral in it.
It is the quality of an object or substance with respect to light
reflected off the object.

Why Rocks have different colors?

Rocks are different colors because they have minerals. The
color of the minerals in the rock can turn it brown, red, green or
other colors.
How rocks change its colors?
Some rocks consist of just one type of mineral, but
most rocks contain a few different types of minerals joined
together. If that mineral combines with impurities or other
minerals, its atomic structure can change, thereby affecting what
wavelengths of light are reflected and
possibly changing its color.
 It is the quality or state of being hard.
Within in your group, think of a rock and
identify it uses during ancient time and
today’s generation.
The group will be given only 3 minutes
and let them present it in the class.
 Rocks are a source of minerals such as gold, diamond, limestones and petroleum.
 Rocks are used in construction
 For manufacturing substances and making medicine
 and for the production of gas
 Rocks are also extremely vital to scientists as they provide clues about the Earth’s
history.
Use the following materials:
 Hand lens/ Magnifying glass
 3 rocks sample
 Nail
 Flashlight
 Activity sheet
Within your group, identify the 3 rock samples given to you according to its physical
properties by performing the following:

Group 1- Sing It
Group 2- Dance It
Group 3- Act It
Group 4- Draw It
Group 5- Speak It (Spoken Poetry)
 Note: The teacher will choose 3 best performances and will be given a reward.
Physical properties Rock Sample 1 Rock Sample 2 Rock Sample 3

LUSTER

TEXTURE

HARDNESS

SIZE

SHAPE

COLOR
Rock Sample Name of Rock Type of Rocks

3
Identifying rocks from the three main rock groups, their texture, and rock name.
Poor
2 pts
Group Work
Not on task, disrupts group
Participation in small and work. Shares irrelevant or
whole group discussions; inappropriate comments.
level of input in group Does not work well with
project others.
Use of given tools
Did not use textbook or
Quality and accuracy of identification kit to help find
information presented information on the three main
types of rocks.
Classification of
No evidence is used to
Rocks identify rocks.
Use of classification
systems to prove
identification of rocks
Presentation
Presentation is unorganized.
Sharing information Multiple pieces of inaccurate
learned with members of or missing information.
class Presentation is less than 1
minute long
Fair
3 pts
Needs reminders to stay on
task. Answers questions when
asked with limited relevancy.
Is not an active participant in
the group.
Used textbook or
identification kit to help find
information about the three
main types of rocks. only one
of the sources was used
Student uses one piece of
evidence to determine
identification of rocks.
Presentation lacks creativity
and has some organizational
issues. The three types of
rocks are presented but some
rock names are incorrect.
Presentation is at least 5
minutes long
Good
4 pts
Participates in small and
whole group discussions
when asked. Shares ideas,
some of them relevant. Works
cooperatively with group
members to accomplish given
tasks.
Used textbook and some tool
from identification kit to find
Information about the three
main types of rocks
Student uses two pieces of
evidence to determine
identification of rocks.
Presentation is organized,
with some creativity. The
three types of rocks are
presented and all rock names
are correct. Presentation is at
least 5 minutes long
Excellent
Score
5 pts
Actively participates in
small and whole group
discussions, and shares
thoughtful, relevant
comments. Works
cooperatively with group
members to accomplish
given tasks, often
problem solving difficult
situations
Used textbook and whole
identification kit to find
Information about the
three main types of rocks
Student uses three or
more pieces of evidence
to determine
identification of rocks.
Presentation is creative,
well organized, and
thoroughly describes the
three types of rocks. All
rock names are correct
and the presentation is at
least 5 minutest long
Count the number of scores given to you
by the teacher and once your group are
called tell the teacher of your score.
-After all the scores are written in the
board, the teacher will announce the 3
best performances and give the reward.
1. How are you able to come up with those
answers?
2. What have you observed on the rocks
presented by each group?
1. If you were born during the era of Homo
habilis are you going to use rocks as tool for
survival?
2. What properties of rocks will you consider
to use these rocks as your tool for survival?
3. Can you give concrete examples on how
rocks are useful today?
1. What are the different physical properties of
rocks?
2. Classify the following rocks
Rock Samples Physical Properties Type of Rocks

Basalt
Conglomerate
Marble

3. What will happen if rocks don’t exist?

 Please have an advance
reading on the Chemical
properties of rocks.