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The Geosphere
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OXFORD INVESTIGATION
TYPES OF RESOURCES AND METHODOLOGY USED TO MEET OBJECTIVES
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Interactive activities. Elaboration and verification of a hypothesis.
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Search for information on the Internet.
Watch videos.
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Analyse images.
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Analyse texts (news articles, scientific articles, etc).
SECTIONS
OBJETIVES AND CONTENTS
METHODOLOGY
Minerals
Identify that aligned atomic structures is a property in minerals (crystalline structure).
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Recognise the two basic characteristics that define a mineral: chemical and structural
composition.
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Identify mineraloides as solid bodies without a crystalline structure.
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Recognise the influence that a crystalline structure has on the properties of minerals.
(Diamond/Graphite).
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Concepts:
mineral, mineraloide, crystalline structure
Rocks
Find out the composition of rocks. Define the concept of rock.
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Recognise the two basic characteristics that define a rock: mineralogical composition and
texture.
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Recognise the influence that texture has on the characteristics of rocks
(marble,
limestone).
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Concepts:
rocks, mineralogical composition, texture
Rocks
Find out the main types of rocks.
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Find out the different processes that form rocks.
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Recognise the characteristics of rocks for each type (magmatic, metamorphic,
sedimentary).
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Concepts:
classification of rocks, magmatic rocks, metamorphic rocks, sedimentary rocks
Extraction of minerals
and rocks
Find out and identify the main types of mineral extractions
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Concepts:
mineral extractions, superficial extractions, subterranean extractions, gravel pits, quarry
Final task
Recognise minerals, rocks and types of deposits
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Analyse the social and environmental impact that could cause the mineral extraction.
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Objectives, contents and methodology
