Pebbles, Sand, and Silt

2nd grade Science Webquest

Follow the links and answer the questions below as you learn more about pebbles, sand, and silt. Take notes on your worksheet so that your teachers know when you have finished the activities.

1. Click on this link that will take you to the Foss website. Foss Web When you get there, click on the Pebbles, Sand, and Silt icon.
2. Then click on photo gallery.
3. Click on Gallery 2: Rock Quarry Piles
4. Browse through this gallery by clicking on each picture to make it bigger, and by using the next, back, or home arrows to see the other pictures. Click home when you are done looking.
5. Choose one photo from Gallery 2 and tell about it. Follow the directions on your worksheet for #1.	#1
6. Go back to the main Foss page and click on Websites.
7. Scroll down to find the musical sand link.	Musical Sand
8. Click to listen to the singing sand.
9. Read the paragraph: What is singing sand?
10. On your worksheet answer question #2 to show what you learned.	#2
11. Go back to the Websites page. Scroll down and click on the Rock of Ages Granite Quarry, Vermont.	Rock of Ages Granite Quarry, Vermont
12. Choose Quarry Tour
13. Click on any of the pictures to see a video of a rock quarry. As you watch, listen to find out what the large rock blocks are used for.
14. Answer question #3 on your worksheet.	#3
15. If you have time, go back to the main Foss page and choose Ask a Scientist. Read the questions and answers from other students like you.