Year 6 project – Rocks

Create a project about Rock. Here are 4 topics that you might wish to explore. However if there are others do discuss them with your teacher.

  Web sites for each are found below to get you started. You may well find others that help you.

1.Types of rock and how they are formed.

• Igneous

  Intrusive – Granites etc.

  Extrusive Basalts etc.

 Metamorphic

 Sedimentary

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_(geology)
• https://geology.com/rocks/
• https://www.zmescience.com/other/science-abc/types-of-rock/
• https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/ks3/gsl/education/resources/rockcycle/page3445.html
• http://www.geologypage.com/2017/03/types-of-rocks.html
• https://www.mylearning.org/stories/rocks-at-cliffe-castle-museum/188

2.Types of volcanoes and where each is found.

• https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/geography/physical-geography/volcano-facts/
• http://www.onegeology.org/extra/kids/volcanoes.html
• https://www.universetoday.com/27333/types-of-volcanoes/
• https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/hazards/volcanoes/types.html
• https://www.zmescience.com/other/science-abc/types-of-volcano/
• http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/typesvolcanoes.html

3.Plate tectonics – what causes mountains to form.

• http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_tectonics.html
• https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/plate-tectonics/346101
• https://kids.kiddle.co/Plate_tectonics

4. Uses for rocks

2. Buildings
3. Sea defences
4. Construction
5. Insulation
6. Art
8. Concretes – used to join rock together / structures in their own right
9. Modern
10. Ancient – Roman (roman concrete has some special properties that modern concrete does not always have.)
12. https://www.mylearning.org/stories/rocks-at-cliffe-castle-museum/188
13. https://theconstructor.org/building/uses-sedimentary-rocks/25071/
14. http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/mitchell/technology/lessons/rocks/use.htm
15. https://natural-history.uoregon.edu/collections/web-galleries/everyday-uses-rocks-and-minerals
16. https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/2316
17. http://www.funkidslive.com/learn/geology-rocks/geology-rocks-rock-around-homes/#
19. Roman Concrete
20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_concrete
21. https://www.romae-vitam.com/roman-concrete.html
22. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-ancient-roman-concrete-so-strong-180963946/
23. https://www.ppcimaginarium.co.za/posts/10-interesting-facts-about-concrete
24. https://www.history.com/news/the-secrets-of-ancient-roman-concrete
25. https://www.historicmysteries.com/roman-concrete/
26. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/why-modern-mortar-crumbles-roman-concrete-lasts-millennia
27. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/04/why-roman-concrete-still-stands-strong-while-modern-version-decays
28. https://theweek.com/articles/715490/what-made-roman-concrete-great