Salt: Up close and personal
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A lesson plan for Grade 4 Science
About this resource
- Appropriate grades
- 4
- Subjects
- science (geology)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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In this Science NetLinks lesson, students will predict, observe, and explain the details of salt as they view it under a variety of magnifications. They will observe salt with the naked eye, and then under a hand lens, microscope, and the electron microscope (the electron image is via the internet). This sort of detailed observation provides an opportunity for students to keep written records of their discoveries and analyze the collected data. As part of the process of recording and discussing observations, students will be required to make predictions and note differences.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 4
- Goal 2: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of the composition and uses of rocks and minerals.
- Objective 2.01: Describe and evaluate the properties of several minerals.
- Objective 2.02: Recognize that minerals have a definite chemical composition and structure, resulting in specific physical properties including:
- Hardness.
- Streak color.
- Luster.
- Magnetism.
- Objective 2.05: Discuss and communicate the uses of rocks and minerals.
