English National Curriculum - Science Science
Mission Objectives
Make a sedimentary rock
Explain how different types of rock are made
Plan an investigation to compare the size of crystals to the rate of cooling for a solid
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Words and meanings to learn
lava
liquid rock that has reached the surface of the Earth through an active volcano
metamorphic rock
rock that was originally sedimentary or igneous rock that has been transformed through heat and pressure
sedimentary rock
rock that has been created through the compression of lots of small grains of rock, mud, bone or shell
igneous rock
rock that has been created from the cooling of magma or lava
magma
molten/liquid rock below the surface of the Earth
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Resources: Eye protection, 20 cm³ plastic syringe with end cut off, plastic cup, spatula, stirring rod, dry sand, powdered clay, plaster of Paris, gloves, magnifying glass, piece of sandstone and the handout. If carrying out their planned challenge task, they will need salol, microscope slides, ice, kettle, pipettes and test tubes.
Support Handout: Page 1; a diagram to fill in on the rock cycle.
Core Handout: Instructions to make sedimentary rocks.
Challenge Handout: Page 4; a sheet prompting the students to design an experiment using salol to investigate how the temperature at which the salol cools affects the size of the crystals formed.
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