What is the rocks and minerals lab exam like?
There are 50 samples total. There are slightly more rocks than minerals (usually). Each sample is in a little box with a number. The number matches the number on your answer sheet. Your answer sheet will specify whether the sample is a rock or mineral. So if you have to guess, you’ll at least know if you have to guess a rock name or a mineral name. There will be 10 samples per table. And all the testing equipment will be on each table. You first take the exam as an individual. That means I give the members of each group about 10 minutes to name all the samples on their table. Then I switch the group to another table for about 10 minutes. If you study, this is more than enough time. In fact, it’s usually way too much time. I will monitor your progress. There is no going back. Besides the massive disorganization, I discovered that people tend to change their right answers into wrong answers. After every person has seen all 50 samples, you turn in your paper. Then you do the exact same ex
