Lesson plan 1

School name: St Lawrence School

Date

: 3-12-2014

Subject

: commerce

Class

: 6th class

Topic

: minerals and energy resources

Time

: 30 minutes

Series

: 1of 2

Teachers intention: To enhance their basic understanding of minerals, types of minerals and how
they are extracted from earth.
Specific Objective: By the end of the lesson students will be able
1. Write the name, type and method of extraction of three minerals in 3 minutes and
2. Write the differences of metallic and non metallic minerals in the worksheet within 7
minutes.
Prior knowledge: understanding of different minerals.
Material aids: different types of minerals (salt, marble, gemstones, gold ore, copper, iron, tin
silver) and worksheet

step

Content

method

time

Introduction
Warm-up

Expected answers
1. Mountain is made up of
rocks.
2. They give us minerals.

1. What are the

mountains made up
of?
2. Are they useful?

3.iron,oil,gold,gypsum,salt

2min

The teacher will draw a

mountain on the board and
ask the following questions:

The students will

give different
answers.

3. Name some
materials that we
can get from earth?

Introduction
Topic: minerals and
energy resources

The teacher will introduce

the topic of minerals and
energy resources by writing
on the board.

The students will

look at the board
and listen.

Development:
Expected answers
1. Names of materials
Salt
Rock
Marble
Iron
2.They are natural
substances
3. Some are metals and
some are not.

Guided task
The teacher will show
different types of minerals.
She teacher will also keep
metallic and non metallic
minerals separately and ask
the following questions:
1. What is the name of
this material?
2. Are they made by
manmade or a
2

15
min

The students will

look at the
minerals, discuss

4. Some are white, some

are black, and some rocks
some are in powder form.
Explanation by the
teacher
The materials displayed are
called minerals.
Minerals are those
materials that occur
naturally in the earth. They
are obtained from
underground by different
methods. They are not
manmade but natural
materials.
Ore: ore is a rock which
contains the metal that can
be extracted out of it or
mined out. Such as iron
ore, gold ore, copper ore.

natural substance?
3. Why we have kept
minerals separately
in two groups?
4. Are there any
differences in these
minerals?
5. When we say an
iron ore, what is an
ore?

with the teacher

and answer the
questions.

The students will

answer the
questions asked.

Minerals are of two types

1. Metallic minerals: they
can be melted to make new
materials. For example
gold can be melted to make
jewellery.
They have shine
and luster.
When hit, they do
not break in to
pieces.
They are usually
hard.
2. Non-metallic minerals:
they do not make new
materials when melted. For
example salt cannot be

Teachers input
The teacher will further
elaborate the minerals and
their types and how they are
extracted by different
methods. The teacher will
3

The students will

listen carefully and
gain knowledge
about minerals.

melted.
ask the following questions:
They have no shine
1 How can you obtain
or luster
minerals from earth?
When hit ,they can
break into pieces
2 Differentiate
They are not hard.
between
mining
Methods of extraction
and quarrying?
1. Minerals can be
obtained by mining,
3 What is drilling?
quarrying and
drilling.
4 What mineral can
Mining is the process of
be extracted by
taking out minerals buried
mining
and
under the earths surface.
quarrying?
Deep holes are dug to
takeout the minerals from
rocks.
Quarrying is the process
of taking out the minerals
that are near the surface of
earth. Open pits are
enlarged and the minerals
are extracted out.
2. Drilling is the
process in which
machines are used
to drill holes in the
ground.oil wells
and water wells are Application
made this way.
The teacher will ask the
students to work in
pairs. she will show
Ans 1 gold, metallic
three different types of
Salt,non metallic
minerals and will ask
Oil,non metallic
the students to:
1. Identify and write
their names and
Ans2.Mining or
types?
quarring,mining,drilling
2. How they are
extracted?
4

The students will

discuss in pairs and 10mi
answer the question n
The students will
identify the
minerals and write

Ans3.In mining deep

underground tunnels or
holes are dug while in
quarrying the minerals are
extracted from pits near the
ground.
In drilling holes are drilled
in the ground and minerals
are extracted in liquid or
gas form.

3. What is the
difference in the
methods of
extraction?

answers to
questions from the
knowledge gained
in the class.

Feed back
The teacher will randomly
ask the students to share
what they have written and
made correction where
necessary

The students will

share their work.

Overall assessment
The teacher will randomly
ask the following questions:
1. What is an ore, give
example?
1. Ore: ore is a rock which
contains the metal that can
be extracted out of it or
mined out. Such as iron
ore, gold ore, copper ore.

2. Name three features

of metallic minerals?

2...Metallic minerals: they

can be melted to make new
materials.
They have shine
and luster.
When hit, they do
not break in to
pieces.
They are usually
hard

The students will

answer the
questions based on
the knowledge
gained in class

2min

Black board summary

Date: 3-12-14
Day: Wednesday

Topic: Minerals and

EnergyrResources

Subject: social studies

Methods of extraction
1. Mining
2. Quarrying
3. drilling

Q1. Write the names of

minerals and their type?
Mountains gives
Rocks
Plants
Minerals
6

Q2.How are they extracted?

Q3.What is an ore?

Minerals are substances we

get from earth.
They are natural resources
Not man made
Two types of minerals
1. Metallic
2. Non metallic
. Metallic minerals: they can
be melted to make new
materials.
They have shine and
luster.
When hit, they do not
break in to pieces.
They are usually hard.
2. Non-metallic minerals: they
do not make new materials
when melted.
They have no shine or
luster
When hit ,they can
broke into pieces
They are not hard

Work sheet for class 6

Topic: Minerals
Name:________________________

Name of mineral

Date______________________

Name of mineral

Type of mineral

Type of mineral

Method of extraction

Method of extraction

Name of mineral

Type of mineral

Method of extraction

Q 1.Write differences of metallic and non metallic minerals?

_________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Q 2.What is an ore?
Ans._______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________