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Welcome to the Rocks & Minerals Web Quest!. Mrs. Crum 6 th Grade Science. First, Let’s Enjoy a Song…. Slide over the white space with your mouse and click the PLAY arrow when it comes up to play the song. Make sure your head phones are plugged in! . Play a Game!.
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Welcome to the Rocks & MineralsWeb Quest! Mrs. Crum 6th Grade Science
First, Let’s Enjoy a Song… Slide over the white space with your mouse and click the PLAY arrow when it comes up to play the song. Make sure your head phones are plugged in!
Play a Game! http://as-houston.ad.uky.edu/archive/as17/as17.as.uky.edu/ACADEMICS/departments_programs/EarthEnvironmentalSciences/EarthEnvironmentalSciences/Educational%20Materials/Documents/elearning/module05swf.swf • Work your way through this interactive to practice the rock cycle! • Make sure to click on every box and watch what happens to the diagram!
Now, watch this PBS video On a piece of notebook paper, answer the following questions about the video: 1. Which rock formation did the brothers, Jessie and Gordon decide is the weakest? 2. Which rock formation would you think is the best for climbing? • Watch the video at this website! Don’t forget to make the video full screen so it’s better to watch.
Test Your Skills! • Play this game and see if you can test your rock identification skills! • http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/types3.html
Deposition & Kayak! Still fuzzy on how sediments settle out of moving water? Watch this video for more info! • http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/kayaking.html • Don’t forget to put it in full screen mode so it’s easier to watch.
Narrow Escape!! • Follow the link, watch the video and answer the question below on your notebook paper: 3. Would you go back and rebuild if this happened to your home? http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/understanding-volcanoes-surviving-montserrat.html
Not as Lucky… Watch this video on Pompeii and answer the following questions on your notebook paper http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/understanding-volcanoes-images-from-pompeii.html • 5. How many people died in Pompeii as a result of the eruption at Vesuvius? • 6. Do people live near Mount Vesuvius any more? Would you?
Sneak Preview – Soil Science Click the link to find out how soil can help save the planet… • http://science.discovery.com/videos/ecopolis-super-soil.html • 7. Do you think we will ever use this technique in farming in the United States? Why or why not?
Soil Science Game! Click the link to play the activity! • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/rocks_soils/play.shtml