Description

Great hands-on activity involving critical thinking and reasoning combined with chart reading and context clues. Packet provided both task card game activity as well as student response sheets for submission. This activity as little prep and requires no additional supplies.

Packet includes:

  • Student Mineral Properties Identification Guide
  • 24 Mineral Identification Cards
  • 24 Mineral Decoder Cards
  • 16 Mineral Puzzler Cards
  • How to “play” instructions for Decoding & Puzzler games (4 options)
  • Response Sheet for Student Use.
  • Teacher Answer Keys for BOTH card activities

**************************************************************************************

Copyright © Activities to Teach (DBA A2T) and Dr. Nicole Yemothy. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader / purchaser / subscriber only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.

10 reviews for Middle School Earth Science: Geology Detective Mineral Decoder Task Cards

  1. Barbara W.

    This is a great product. It is very comprehensive and well put together. My students found this to be very engaging. Thank you.

  2. Amanda C.

    Kids loved this!

  3. Beth K.

    Great activity.I know my kids are going to love this. I might have to buy an extra copy for my sister (also a teacher) as a present too!

  4. Judy P.

    I love that I could make this into a center, or use the ladybug as a whole class activity.

  5. Casey D.

    Kids loved this activity. I used it as an enrichment activity while I was re-teaching my struggling students.

  6. Thelynnia M.

    My students really enjoyed this activity!!

  7. Danielle L.

    Student had fun and activity really got students to apply what they learned.

  8. Stephanie H.

    This is a fabulous way to work with students to practice identifying rocks without necessarily having the rocks in front of them (and as a resource room teacher, I definitely do not have them!). Thank you!!!

  9. April L.

    My students used this activity to learn how to use a mineral properties chart and Moh’s hardness scale before they completed their mineral identification lab. I found myself refering to this activity throughout our minerals unit.

  10. Lisa D.

    These Decoder Task Cards are a great STEM-style activity that kept the students engaged and promoted team work and listening skills.

Add a review

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *