Your first name: last initial Mineral Identification

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Pyrite

Your mineral name here

Do you think the steps below of the scientific method must be followed in order? _yes__, because __it would not make any sense if I did not follow them in order. 1. State the problem (the objective in the form of a question). 2. Gather information. 3. Form a hypothesis. 4. Experiment! 5. Record and analyze data. 6. Form a conclusion. 7. Communicate results.

Now that you are done researching and identifying your mineral fill-in the information for each step of the scientific method below. Then, number which step was first, second, etc. Objective: Use the steps of the scientific method to identify a mystery mineral. Materials: -Mineral -Streak Plate -Microsoft Word -Computer -Hardness -Density -special properties -color

Procedure: 1. Mr. Finan gave me a mineral. 2. I went to a lab and downloaded the worksheet 3. Started doing Streak, Color, Hardness, Cleavage, Fracture 4. I started the process of guessing my mineral 5. I started to fill out the table for the mineral guessing 6. I guessed my mineral 7. I presented my project to the class 8. My Mineral was right!

1. State the problem. (Hint: Just write the objective above in the form of a question.) How can I use the scientific method to? To help me make large numbers smaller so it is less complicated. 2. Gather information. (Look it up and/or ask an expert) *see the attached Mineral Identification Data Sheet 3. Form a hypothesis. Write a statement that tells what mineral you think yours is (your two guesses). Gold, Pyrite

4. Start the experiment! (Follow the procedure.) 5. Record and analyze data. *see the attached Mineral Identification Data Sheet 6. Form a conclusion. This must be a paragraph that includes:
An answer to the problem (question 1). How your hypothesis compares with the actual results. (Was your hypothesis correct? If not, how close were you?) A description of your mineral and what helped you find the identification of your mineral the most.

Type your paragraph here I used the scientific method to help me identify my 'mystery' mineral. First, Mr. Finan gave me a mineral. Then, I went to a lab and downloaded the worksheet. Next, I started doing streak, color, hardness, cleavage, and fracture tests. After that, I started the process of guessing my mineral. Then I started to fill out the table for the mineral guessing. I guessed my mineral correctly. Then I presented my project to the class. The mineral that I had was gold in color. It was really bumpy and small. Its streak was the color of lead (dark grey). The hardness was 7. In conclusion, the websites that helped
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me the most were mindat.org, google, and google images.

7. Communicate your results. Post this report and your Data Sheet where people can see it!

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