I remember a well-known anecdote where a teacher in a modern school could not prove to children that a jaguar is a wild animal, not a car.
This situation is quite possible even if the lesson is not about animals, but, say, about minerals. Riddles about gold and diamonds can be a revelation for someone.
It turns out that they are not mined in jewelry boutiques at all!
Don't forget, we're running out of resources
Talking about the extraction of natural resources with children of the 21st century should contain the information that their extraction cannot increase indefinitely. Riddles about minerals are also a reason to remind that their resource is exhaustible. And therefore, it is necessary to use them as fully as possible and save them.
Every year more and more people
He lives on planet Earth, Consumes both air and water, And consumes something else.
What is stored in the earth's crust
Might come in handy on the farm.
It is mined in a quarry, It flows like a fountain, He is lifted out of the shaft towards the light.
Treasures of the earth. What is this?
(answer: minerals)
Girls' best friends
These mineral mysteries are sure to spark the interest of any public.
I am the hardest mineral.
Among the minerals - a general!
I cut stones and polish, And I do the engraving.
When I get cut, They will call it a diamond.
Rich fashionistas adornment, Their cavaliers with an offering.
My weight is measured in carats.
Call me guys!
(answer: diamond)
Heavy yellow metal
He was a nugget in the ground.
Water washed away
Soil drifts, Drowned in the river
Glitter scattering.
I get expensive, hard and little, That's why I'm called precious metal.
I am necessary for precision instruments, Decoration - loved by women.
And my temple domes shine, And medals are cast out of me.
(answer: gold)
Stone to stone, brick to brick
But most of today's guessers will still have to sort through daily not gold and diamond products, but products from completely different minerals.
We make from clay
I am red.
Kol from sand I and limestone, Then my sides will be white.
(this mixture is called silicate).
They will burn me in the oven
For strength, and then
The house will be built from me.
(answer: brick)
It would seem that simple riddles about minerals can contain not only information about their use in the national economy, but also useful information about production technologies.
I was lying under my feet, Yes, it suddenly turned out to be necessary.
Soda and lime added, Melted in a hot oven.
And separate small grains
I had to merge into one.
Cold the hot mass.
And now I serve for you
Light bulb, window, glass, Decoration, screen.
(answer: sand and glass)
The given riddles about minerals with answers will allow children to get acquainted with this topic in an interesting way.
