1. WELCOME TO THE ROCKS & MINERALS WEB QUEST! Mrs. Crum 6 th Grade Science

2. 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!

3. Play a Game! http://as- houston.ad.uky.edu/archive/as17/as17.as.uky.edu/ACADEMICS/departments_program s/EarthEnvironmentalSciences/EarthEnvironmentalSciences/Educational%20Materials/D ocuments/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!

4. Now, watch this PBS video On a piece of notebook paper, answer the following questions about the video: 1. 1. Which rock formation did the brothers, Jessie and Gordon decide is the weakest? 2. 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. Watch the video at this website!

5. Test Your Skills!  Play this game and see if you can test your rock identification skills!  http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/type s3.html http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/type s3.html

6. Deposition & Kayak! Still fuzzy on how sediments settle out of moving water? Watch this video for more info!  http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/k ayaking.html http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/k ayaking.html  Don’t forget to put it in full screen mode so it’s easier to watch.

7. 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/vi deos/understanding- volcanoes-surviving- montserrat.html

8. Not as Lucky… Watch this video on Pompeii and answer the following questions on your notebook paper http://dsc.disc overy.com/vid eos/understan ding- 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?

9. Sneak Preview – Soil Science Click the link to find out how soil can help save the planet…  http://science.discovery.com/videos/ec opolis-super-soil.html http://science.discovery.com/videos/ec opolis-super-soil.html  7. Do you think we will ever use this technique in farming in the United States? Why or why not?

10. Soil Science Game! Click the link to play the activity!  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesi ze/science/materials/rocks_soils/play.s html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesi ze/science/materials/rocks_soils/play.s html