Science Inquiry 2021

My Science Inquiry 2021

by Olivia

Me (Olivia), Lyshia Lily are learning what different types of rocks there are on earth and how they're formed.

We have been gathered our information on a google slide. 

I am working with Lily because she's my friend and to help her. We have not been working well together at some points in time Lily got a bit chatty and got distracted with what other people were doing. Otherwise, we worked well together.

My questions were 

1. How do different rocks get in contact with each other if they form in different places and ways?
2. If metamorphic rocks form from pressure deep down how do you find them on the surface or can you find them on the surface at all?
3. Are there any other types of rocks on earth other then igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks?

I learnt

•  There are three different types of rocks igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.
•  The word igneous comes from the Latin word ignis which means fire.
• Sedimentary rocks often contain fossils and plants from millions of years ago.

I decided that me and my team are going to share the different rocks types in 3 different experiments for igneous rocks. We are going to make hokey pokey, dyed black (I don't know how we're going to know if it's burning or not). We are going to make our own sedimentary rocks for metamorphic rocks we are going to try a chocolate experiment in which we will be putting pressure on the chocolate and melting it.

Volcanic Experiment! (Igneous rocks)

We have created a wonderful volcano and made it erupt how did we you ask? well, we made play-dough and shaped it into a volcano. We decorated it with rocks and sand. Then it was time to erupt! I poured white vinegar into the volcano and my teammate Lily dumped a tbs of baking soda in it then it ERUPTED!!!!! 

Most challenging thing:

Keeping the group together and coming up with ideas to share our work.

The thing I'm most proud of:

Working together as a team.

Our slide