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Fieldwork: how fast are gravestones weathering? (and extended writing)

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In the survey, which rock type had the highest mean rate of weathering in both churchyards?

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Use gravestone data from two churchyards to measure how fast rock weathers. You will calculate rates, draw conclusions and explain what the survey shows.

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Lesson outline

  1. Hook
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. The enquiry process
  5. The method: what we measure and the rules
  6. The weathering index, 1 to 5
  7. Match the measures and the rules
  8. Today's data: Churchyard A (sheltered)
  9. Today's data: Churchyard B (exposed)
  10. I Do: the rate of weathering
  11. Calculate the rate for three stones
  12. Mean rate of weathering by rock type
Unit bundleRocks, weathering and soils
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