Group+5

1. Group Members Here, you will type the first names of your group members.
Adrienne, Jonathan, J.Morgan, Kaley.

Now, as a group, answer the question number 2 above regarding your purpose today.
The purpose is to understand how to classify rocks and to make classifying rocks easier.

==3. You are now ready to begin characterizing your group's rocks. What are the characteristics of your rocks (that you can observe) that your need to consider in developing a classification system? List them below and make sure you include ALL the characteristics.== luster, color, layers, dullness, crystalline, grain size, taste, porous,

==Now, each member of your group should access the discussion board above and click on the third question "Where do we have problems?". After each of you has responded, read through the other responses and select two (from other groups) to reply to.==

=Now, as a group, discuss what you think your biggest problem in classifying the rocks will be? Record your consensus here. Our biggest problem will be deciding which questions we should ask first and how to progress our chart. =


 * 5. You are now ready to develop your classification system. You will do this on a large piece of paper in your group. You may want to start on a smaller sheet of paper with pencil first. Get started. You have 15 minutes.**


 * At the break time, each group member should respond to question four on the discussion board "where are we stuck?". After each of your responses, read the other's and respond to someone with either a similar problem as yours or one in which you think you can help.**


 * You should discuss what you found from the discussion board that might help your group proceed. Then, you have 20 minutes to finish your classification system on the large paper.**


 * 6. Now, your system is complete. You will trade with another group, as requested by your teacher. You will only trade your classifications system and NOT your basket of rocks. They will use their own basket of rocks to verify your system.

Upon getting their system and knowing what you know about your rocks, do you think your rocks will be classified correctly according to their system? Record your group's response below: For the most part we think that our rocks will be classified correctly, but there might be some mistakes

7. Now, evaluate their classification system with your rocks. Did their system accurately classify your rocks? Why or why not? It did not classify our rocks. It didn't because their questions were not specific and the questions were vague.

How was their system different from yours? Could theirs be fixed to work with yours? How? (be as specific as possible). Our questions were more specific and wern't as cluttered. Ours's actually classified the rocks. For example their rock classification system was not universial it just vaguly defined their rocks.

8. Individually, respond to the fifth question on the discussion board. This one will take some thought. Then, read and locate two others that interest you. Tell the authors what you think of their applications. Are they valid or not?**