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John Minadeo Elementary School 1997 Homework Science Teacher-Mary Novario  What is Slag? Research about Nine Mile Run  by John Minadeo Elemenatry School 4th grade students  Spring 1998  Shape  rocky  horsehoof  prism  they start in a circle and they turn to different shapes  oval  big  quarter circle  roundish  squarish  jutted  pointy  lots of hexagons  any shape  random  trapazoid  sharp edge  like an elephant  moon-crater-like holes  triangular              Color   gray  charcoal-like  gold  brown  red  black  orange  crystal  yellow  white  there are markings  Texture   rough  cold and cratered  jagged  not smooth  unflat  bumpy  catacomb-like structure, like a giant maze  lumpy  dents              Any other observations?   hard, rocklike  has holes  the slag was about this soft  heavy  there is some iron still in the slag  shiny in some places  attract magnet  rusty  it does not smell like anything  sharp  big