This lesson resembles an old-fashioned scavenger hunt. The focus of the hunt isn't the objects themselves, however, but rather on recognizing the minerals and mineral products contained within them. Give the Mineral Scavenger Hunt chart to students as a checklist for the objects they've found and where they have found them. Or, have them research what minerals are in different everyday objects, and then use the chart for comparison. Several of the Websites in the Resources section also describe everyday uses of minerals.
