Educator Resources: Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals
Grab-and-Go Field Trip Resources
All Grades
These easy-to-use worksheets encourage students to observe, sketch, compare, and develop evidence-based arguments during their visit. Educators can use them as is, adapt them to their students' needs, or create their own using suggested prompts. No pre-lesson or formal planning required.
Grab-and-Go Field Trip Resources
Activities and Materials
Grades K–5
Students observe a natural phenomenon—that minerals have different colors, shapes, and sizes—to investigate mineral diversity and classification.
- Activity Sequence for Educators:
K–2 pdf |3–5 pdf - Map of the Halls:
pdf - Worksheets: Answer Key & Notes to Educator:
K–2 pdf |3–5 pdf - Worksheets: Blank Version for Students:
K–2 pdf |K–2 gdoc |3–5 pdf |3–5 gdoc - Photo Slideshow:
pptx |gslides - Crystal Shape Reference Sheet:
pdf - Student Readings:
K–2 pdf |3–5 pdf
SPECIMEN OBSERVATON
Grades 3–5
Use this activity with any specimen in the Museum
- Guide for Educators:
3–5 pdf - Student Worksheet:
3–5 pdf |3–5 gdoc - Student Worksheet for Composition Book:
3–5 pdf |3–5 gdoc
Grades 6–8
Students observe a natural phenomenon—that minerals have different colors, shapes, and sizes—to investigate mineral-forming environments.
- Activity Sequence for Educators:
pdf - Map of the Halls:
pdf - Worksheets: Answer Key & Notes to Educator:
pdf - Worksheets: Blank Version for Students:
pdf |gdoc - Photo Slideshow:
pptx |gslides - Crystal Shape Reference Sheet:
pdf
Grades 9–12
EARTH SCIENCE
Students observe a natural phenomenon—that minerals can have different properties, including colors, shapes, and sizes—to investigate the role of water in mineral formation.
- Activity Sequence for Educators:
pdf - Worksheets: Answer Key & Notes to Educator:
pdf - Worksheets: Blank Version for Students:
pdf |gdoc - Photo Slideshow:
pptx |gslides
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Students observe a natural phenomenon—that minerals can have unique physical, optical, and chemical properties—to investigate how mineral properties determine suitability for use by humans.