Module 06 . Earth Materials
 

 Content Area

Limestone

Why is limestone such a useful material?

Limestone is a commonly occurring rock which can be used not only for building but also for making many other useful materials including lime, cement and glass.

 

 

 

Resources

 

Description

 

Suggested use

Carbonates and limestone

Web page. What is limestone and what can you do with it? Uses: personal research or a 'find out' style worksheet.

Geology in a National Park - The Story of the Rocks

 Web page .An examination of limestone in a wider context. Follow the mineral link for the geology.

Limestone Pavement Action Group

 Web page. Limestone - the environmental considerations

 

Rocks

 Web page. Foundation level material addressing Limestone and its uses. Use - personal research linked to a guided worksheet.

How is Glass Made?

 Web page. Animations and a video showing how glass bottles are manufactured

Cement Making Process

 Web page. An interactive flash animations of all the stages in cement production

Worksheet exploring each stage of the process.

 

PowerPoint Presentation - Limestone

 PowerPoint. Example of students own research into the uses of Limestone. Encourage students to produce their own presentation.
   
 

Atmosphere

 

How was the Earth™s atmosphere formed? The Earth™s atmosphere has been much the same for millions of years. Before that it was very different from what it is today.

 

The Past to the Present

Web page. History of the Atmosphere

Online activities and teacher's guide

 

Early History of the Earth

 Web page. Table of early history of the atmosphere

Students use the information to create PowerPoint presentations or timelines

 

The Atmosphere

 Web page. History of the atmosphere all text but an easy read

Create a concept map or time line identifying the important features and events

 

Chemistry: The Atmosphere - a brief history

 Web page. Brief history of the atmosphere

Use the highlight function within the page to identify and explain keywords

 

Global Warming

 Web page. Pages that engage students in analysing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and average global temperatures. Ready made spreadsheets aid analyses Complete the online report and interactive quizzes.
   
 

Crude Oil

How can so many useful products be made from crude oil? Crude oil is found inside the Earth's crust. Many useful products can be obtained from crude oil by separating the many different substances it contains and by using some of these in chemical reactions to make new substances, for example plastics.

 

How Oil Refining Works

Web page. Fractional Distillation animation

Explain how crude oil is separated. What are the principles of the process?

 

Virtual Oil Refinery

 Web page. Click on the Distillation Column to discover the properties and uses of crude oil fractions Worksheet

Fuels and Energy

 Web page. Fuels and Energy - Covers the whole of 15.2

Probably best used for revision

 

Products from Crude Oil

 Web page. Products from crude oil - a low text, staged approach to all aspect of crude oil

Link to a worksheet or create a uses of the products from crude oil poster

 

Alkanes

 Web page. Alkane - simple explanation

Draw the structures for the alkanes C4 to C10

 

Crude Oil

 Web page. Products from crude oil Good for revision. Self marking multiple-choice questions and exam style questions available on the site.
   
 

Tectonics

Why have all mountains on Earth not worn away by now? Though the land masses on Earth seem to us to be very fixed they are, in fact, slowly moving about. This movement causes parts of the Earth's crust to rise and so form mountains.

 

How Volcanoes Work

Web page. Animations of eruptions/crossword. Latter is really hard but each clue is linked to a relevant page.

 

Only for those fascinated by the phenomenon

Mountain Makers, Earth Shakers

 Web page. Tectonics, mountain building, sea floor spreading. All plate boundaries movements explored in an excellent interactive shockwave animation. Students should follow the other links to further enhance their understanding. Students to produce a PowerPoint presentation using the site as a source of images and information

Volcano World

 Web page. Recent volcanic eruption information. Lots of QuickTime and MPEG movies. Download and save for lesson use

Use the eruption information to locate seismic activity around the world. This will help locate plate boundaries

 

Plate Tectonics

 Web page. A concise overview. A good source of information for students researching the topic.

Produce a study guide/worksheet and set them to work.

 

ABC of Plate Tectonics

 Web page. A concise account of plate tectonics. Fine for personal research.

Use the contents guide to revise specific areas

 

Brain Pop

 Web page. A movie and quiz covering the basics of continental drift. A fun introduction

Rocks and tectonics: The rock cycle

 Web page. A revision pages Rearrange the statements for each stage in the cycle
   
 

Tests

Plate tectonics and rock formation

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Rock Cycle

  

Our planet - the earth

 

Changing Materials

 Fractional distillation, crude oil and hydrocarbons

Volcanoes and Tectonics

Crossword