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A different sort of Rock Challenge…

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After Mr Cook finally managed to convince Mrs Prentice that there were three types of rock: Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic (ROCK CHALLENGE IS NOT THE 4th), we were able to become Rockstar Geologists like James Hutton.

Our challenge, using the knowledge we had gained, was to categorise a sample of rocks which had been provided at 13 different stations. The task was tricky as some were difficult to distinguish, especially between sedimentary and metamorphic. Some of the igneous rocks looked heavy, but when you picked them up they were extremely light, foamy in fact.

The link below will help you investigate rocks further, and help you become a real James Hutton:
Get your rock collection: CLICK HERE!

The Rockstar movie we watched can be found below:
Rockstar Movie

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Check out our photographs from today below:

See you all tomorrow,

Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice

What about Rocks…?

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Your ICT homework for Wednesday 6th February 2013:

  1. Find the name of the three different generic categories used to clasify rocks and their description. Post their names on the blog.

  2. Write out the website address of ANY appropriate website- we will be using this in writing this week.

Today we watched a video about the continental drift, spanning over 600 million years. It can be found below:

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Continental Drift video: CLICK HERE!

James Hutton, a Geologist during the Scottish Enlightenment, discovered that he could estimate the age of the Earth using Rocks. Later this week we will be clasifying rocks using his categories.

See you tomorrow,
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice