Uses of Rocks and Minerals
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Earth Science Collection: Primary Grades
- Grade Level: Primary (1-3)
- Subjects: Earth Science
- Produced By: SchoolMedia, Inc.
- Year: 1999
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 18m
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The rocks and minerals that form within the Earth are used to make many important materials. Watch how rocks are mined, processed, and then constructed into glass, cement, bricks, houses, roads, and other objects used in our everyday lives. DVD features include on-screen teacher's guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) What is a rock? What is a mineral (3) building materials and glass (4) Transportation (5) Gemstones (6) History of Rocks and Minerals (7) How rocks and minerals are taken from earth (8) Rocks that don't need to be processed (9) Rocks and minerals that have to be combined to be used (10) Mining (11) Review.