Description
Investigate characteristics and uses of fossils, minerals and rocks. ~ HASS: ECONOMICS (Year 5 ACHASSK120) Types of resources (natural, human, capital) and the ways societies use them to satisfy the needs and wants of present and future generations ~ HASS: GEOGRAPHY (Year 4 ACHASSK090) The use and management of natural resources and waste, and the different views on how to do this sustainably ~ SCIENCE: EARTH AND SPACE (Year 2 ACSSU032) Earth’s resources are used in a variety of ways | (Year 4 ACSSU075) Earth's surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity | (Year 8 ACSSU153) Sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks contain minerals and are formed by processes that occur within Earth over a variety of timescales
Artefacts
- Helmet: Safety, Yellow, Toy
Specimens
- Fossil: F01 Plant, Dicroidium, Triassic + box
- Fossil: F02 Shell, Bivalve, Cretaceous
- Fossil: F03 Trilobite, Cambrian
- Fossil: F04 Wood
- Mineral: M01 Azurite + box
- Mineral: M02 Beryl
- Mineral: M03 Calcite
- Mineral: M04 Fluorite on Sphalerite
- Mineral: M05 Gypsum (Desert Rose)
- Mineral: M06 Opal
- Mineral: M07 Pyrite
- Mineral: M08 Quartz
- Mineral: M09 Quartz, Chalcedony, Agate
- Mineral: M10 Quartz, Chalcedony, Moss Agate
- Mineral: M11 Topaz
- Mineral: M12 Tourmaline
- Rock: I01 Igneous, Basalt + box
- Rock: I02 Igneous, Granite
- Rock: I03 Igneous, Syenite
- Rock: I04 Igneous, Tuff
- Rock: ME01 Metamorphic, Gneiss
- Rock: ME02 Metamorphic, Marble
- Rock: ME03 Metamorphic, Phyllite
- Rock: ME04 Metamorphic, Slate
- Rock: S01 Sedimentary, Conglomerate
- Rock: S02 Sedimentary, Mudstone
- Rock: S03 Sedimentary, Sandstone
- Rock: S04 Sedimentary, Shale, Oil
Activities
- Magnifier
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