Earth's Crust Compilation

Science 7 students began their last unit a few weeks ago. In order to better view the land features around them, they took a little field trip up onto the roof of the school with Mr. Dingwall. Thank you, Mr. Dingwall, for your time!

The next part of our unit had us looking at minerals, up close. Perhaps, a little too close?

Can you see him upside-down?

Exploring the properties of magnifying lenses

Following along in our unit, we came upon the 3 families of rocks! Boring? Not this time!

What kind of rock is this?

Adding heat to the rocks, turning into magma

Cooling quickly causes what size of minerals?

Starbursts? Of course not! Those are parent rock chunks!

Newly formed metamorphic rock!

Each metamorphic rock looks a little different.

Please forgive the blur. Students are not always cooperative. :)

A giant cookie? Of course not! That's a sedimentary rock. Can you find the conglomerate section?

Learning about rocks sure was delicious!