{"id":450,"date":"2015-03-16T11:26:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T11:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2023-02-01T07:59:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T07:59:55","slug":"minerals-ore-rocks-bestology-week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/16\/minerals-ore-rocks-bestology-week-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Minerals ORE Rocks \u2013 bESTology Week 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Minerals ORE Rocks \u2013 bESTology Week 8<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_3340\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocks.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3340\" alt=\"Image: mgb.gov.ph\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocks-150x120.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: mgb.gov.ph<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pure <b>metals<\/b> are rarely found in nature.\u00a0 Virtually all metals are associated chemically with other <b>elements<\/b> to form <b>compounds<\/b> known as ores. An <b>ore<\/b> is a mineral or useful mineral conglomerate for obtaining metals and a <b>deposit<\/b> is the place where ores are found.<\/p>\n<p>Minerals are combined in ores with elements like sulphur, chlorine or oxygen to form sulphides, silicates, chlorides or oxides. \u00a0For example, the chemical formula for chalcopyrite is CuFeS<sub>2.\u00a0 <\/sub>Therefore, chalcopyrite is a copper, iron, sulfide mineral and is often found in sedimentary rock deposits.\u00a0 Prior to mining a deposit such as chalcopyrite, a feasibility study must be generated to calculate the associated cost to mine and extract the mineral and to determine the value of the final product.<\/p>\n<p>Chemists and chemical engineers play a key role in mining ores, extraction of metals and determining the feasibility of such a project.\u00a0 Let\u2019s extract this week\u2019s bESTology.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/science.widener.edu\/~svanbram\/ptable_6.pdf\">Periodic Table<\/a> \u2013 printable<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptable.com\/\">Interactive Periodic Table<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ore\">Ore<\/a> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feasibility_study\">Feasibility Study<\/a> \u2013 Wikipedia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Three-Folds-12-Tips-creating-a-brochure.pdf\">Three Folds 12 Tips &#8211; creating a brochure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Bauxite-Hills-Pre-feasibility-study.pdf\">Bauxite Hills Pre-feasibility study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nordresources.com\/investors\/pdf\/070828-bikerman-feasibility-study.pdf\">Copper Mining Feasibility Study<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nordresources.com\/investors\/pdf\/070828-bikerman-feasibility-study.pdf\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nemaskalithium.com\/documents\/files\/2014\/corporate-presentation.pdf\">Spodumene Mining Feasibility Study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcsescience.com\/ex1.htm\">Extraction of Metals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nma.org\/index.php\/minerals-publications\/40-common-minerals-and-their-uses\">40 common minerals and their uses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmntology.com\/nameAsElementsWhite.php\">Generate your name using the Periodic Table<\/a> (fun activity, not 100% concise)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>Data Mining:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> We are surrounded by symbols in our daily lives, i.e., road signs, alphabet, braille, binary code.\u00a0 The periodic table is a chart of chemical symbols each representing an abbreviation or short representation of a chemical element.\u00a0 Examine your surroundings and locate five (5) types of metals, then predict the chemical symbol for each. \u00a0Using the Interactive Periodic Table listed above, compare your prediction to the actual chemical symbol.\u00a0 Once familiar with the interactive chart, compare and contrast the differences between the six families of metals and define a metalloid.\u00a0 Analyze the properties of a metalloid and explain their importance in computers and cell phones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>Writing:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> Read each of the above feasibility studies and select one of the three that you would support as an investor.\u00a0 Write a letter to a potential business partner persuading them to invest in this business opportunity.\u00a0 Summarize the following in the letter:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The cost to mine the specific metal(s)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The chemistry of how to extract the metal once mined<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The budget to extract the metal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The additional by-products generated during the extraction process<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The value of the final product and by-products<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Return on Investment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The conclusion should convince the other potential investor why their investment would be a sound business decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>BEST Connection:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> Preparing for Pay Dirt 2015, use Microsoft Word to create a tri-fold marketing brochure for your team.\u00a0 Choose one of the metals in the referenced feasibility studies as the commodity your BEST Company mines.\u00a0 Include how engineering, science and technology are used to mine and extract your company\u2019s product.\u00a0 Save your brochure so it can easily be modified and used during the upcoming BEST competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>Community Connection:<\/b><\/span> Invite a chemist or chemical engineer to visit your class.\u00a0 Generate a list of questions involving ores, metals, compounds and elements.\u00a0 Ask your guest to share his or her career and the associated educational requirements to obtain the job.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy:<\/b>\u00a0 analyze, ask, choose, compare, contrast, convince, create, examine, familiarize, generate, invite, locate, modify, persuade, predict, prepare, read, save, select, summarize, use, write<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Workforce Skills:<\/b>\u00a0 reading comprehension, active listening, critical thinking, speaking, active learning, writing, learning strategies, systems analysis, mathematics, negotiation, operation analysis, science, judgment and decision making<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Did you hit the LIKE button? 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An ore is a mineral or useful mineral conglomerate for obtaining metals and a deposit is the place where ores are found.<br \/>\nMinerals are combined in ores with elements like sulphur, chlorine or oxygen to form sulphides, silicates, chlorides or oxides. &nbsp;For example, the chemical formula for chalcopyrite is CuFeS2.&nbsp; Therefore, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[343],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bestology-2015","tag-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}