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Joshua Maskerines
TPACK Template Mobile Applications Assignment
Mobile Application for Creating
Subject Earth Science
Grade Level 8th 8th
Learning Objective ES.4
The student will investigate and understand how to
identify major rock-forming and ore minerals based
on physical and chemical properties. Key concepts
Content
include:
a) hardness, color and streak, luster, cleavage,
fracture, and unique properties
Activity In order to meet this standard, it is expected that
students will:
Analyze why certain common metallic
elements (iron, aluminum, silicon) are rarely,
if ever, found in the native state.
Analyze the distribution and persistence of
minerals at or near Earths surface in terms
of Earths general structure, plate tectonics,
and chemical and physical weathering.
Analyze the relationship between the
qualities of cleavage, fracture, and hardness
and the molecular structure and chemistry
of silicates, carbonates, and oxides.
Pedagogy
Identify minerals by their physical
properties, such as hardness, color, luster,
and streak.
Mobile Application for Collaborating
ES.4
The student will investigate and understand how to
identify major rock-forming and ore minerals based
on physical and chemical properties. Key concepts
include:
a) hardness, color and streak, luster, cleavage,
fracture, and unique properties
Topgrade Quiz Maker app will allow the students, in
a study group, to create and share quizzes to
prepare for exams.
They can work together to build up the weak areas
of each student, building on the strengths of others.
With the study of minerals, how one student may
see an item may be different than another, and in
this process, they can share experience and learn
from each other.
This app can be used by the teacher to provide
multiple practice exams/quizzes for the students to
work on in preparation of the exams.
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Recognize some major rock forming

minerals such as quartz, feldspar, calcite,
and mica.
Recognize ore minerals including pyrite,
magnetite, hematite, galena, graphite, and
sulfur.

Smart Geology app will assist the student with

identification of minerals. This app contains
pictograms of each mineral to identify,
classifications of minerals, characteristics of the
mineral, formation process, and an approximate
time-scale of the mineral.

The class can use either specimens brought into the

classroom by the teacher and work in groups to
identify the minerals. The specimens can be in kits
given to each team of students or placed around the
room for the students to go to and move from
station to station. If time and weather permit, the
class can occur in an outdoor area to find specimens
in the ground and see how deposition of the
minerals occur. The teacher will provide oversight
and clarification on the students questions as they
work on each of the mineral samples and provide
safety if in an outdoor location.

Use of the app will allow the students to have a

study guide saved to the mobile device and not have
to take notes, unless they choose too. The students
can also take photos and videos of the specimens to
show what they have found.
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Technology
Smart Geology Mineral Guide Topgrade Quiz Maker
Technology

This app can be downloaded for free on Google Play This app can be downloaded for free on Google Play
or iTunes. This app is designed to help students learn or iTunes. This app is designed to help students learn
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