What a day is was! We had beautiful weather for our field trip today! This was a great start to our rocks and minerals unit. The class learned a lot about the natural history of our area. Our first stop was Wequiock Falls. Here they were able to go down to the water bed and look for 2 different types of rock. We learned about MOHs scale of hardness and found out that rocks that can be scratched with our fingernail have a hardness of less than 2. We used the mudstone rocks we found to make mud and create some face paint of minerals! Fun fact: The waterfall is always moving! It will move about 3 feet in 50 years!
Our next stop was to Bayshore Park. Here we were able to do a cliff walk and see the many layers that make up the ground below us. The class learned about erosion and saw a variety of igneous rocks (rocks formed in volcanoes). We also went down to the beach and used magnifying glasses to look up close at igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
Our final stop took us down into an actual rock quarry! The class learned about the quarry and what their role is. They were even able to look through a giant rock pile and find up to 4 rocks to bring home with them! A few students found rocks with fossils and even some fool's gold!
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