Bubbl.us Web for Reflection

Hey there! Ever had to reflect on something you did in class?? It seems like something I have to do every month or so. This time, we were meant to do a bubble chart about everything we learned and also write a little reflection. On the graph above, the main topic says Earth's Inner Secrets and 5 topics coming out of it.This was an individual work so we had to work alone and every person had different answers. Once we finished this, we had to read a blog post from our teacher which said we should answer some questions, so here it goes:

Once we started this whole unit, we had one big question we had to keep in mind which was, How valuable is a rock?
Well, I think  this depends on which rock we are talking about. The rocks which are more rare, this means that they are not as easy to find, might be pretty valuable. But most of all, to know if a rock is valuable or not, you have to find out what it is used for and if it is used often. If the rock is used in many different tools and objects, that means it's valuable because of all the things is can provide us with. For example Wolframite, this rock is used in : light bulbs, weapons,cars, tools and machines. But of course some rocks are more luckier than others because they are hard which makes them be able to resist other materials or for example also the melting point and boiling point might affect the uses. So to this specific questions there are many answers. Our area of interaction was based on environment, how does that fit you might be wondering? Well, environment is what determines which rock is found where and which minerals as well. If the environment we are talking about is the Ocean, you will fin many minerals there and the rocks as well because there is a lot of minerals for the rocks to be formed.The environment where the minerals and rocks are formed is also important. Some minerals are formed in magma and lava which is extremely hot and it also depends on where in the magma they where and how long the minerals got time to cool down.
   During this unit, I learned a lot from the activities I took part in for example the discussions where everyone shared what they learned and we had to problem solve. Also, I think that taking the test from this unit, was something that helped me too because I really had to study because at first I was clueless about everything on the test even thought we did activities on those things. But not only in this unit, but for every unit, I think the activities helped a lot because our teacher knows which activities are the best for us. The part I enjoyed the most probably, were the presentations from people about different minerals and all the uses and facts. After all, I like everything in this last unit and learned tons of information, maybe even more than I was planning to learn. If the next year 6th graders were to do this, I would most probably do everything the same if I was the teacher, and continue giving excellent examples in real life and comparisons like my teacher does :D
Thank you for reading :D