The Art Behind the Formation of Rocks

The Art Behind The Formation of Rocks

*Rock Cycle*

The rock cycle is a series of process through which rocks are made continuously. Below are the vocabulary words you need to know about the rock cycle. 

Definition & French Translation

1. Magma (magma): Melted rocks underground.
2. Lava (lave): Melted rocks above ground.
3. Igneous Rocks (roches ignées): Rocks that are formed from cooling lava.
4. Crystallization (a cristallisation): The process through which lava cools down and harden.
5. Weathering (aux intempéries): It's when rocks break down into small pieces by wind and water.
6. Erosion (l'érosion): Transportation of sediments.
7. Sediments (les sédiments): Small rock particles.
8. Compaction (le compactage): Forms rock using pressure.
9. Cementation (cimentation): Glues rocks and soil together.
10. Sedimentary Rocks (roches sédimentaires): Rocks that are made from other rocks through cementation and compaction.
11. Pressure (la pression): The amount of force on something.
12. Heat (la chaleur): High temperature.
13. Metamorphic Rocks (roches métamorphiques): Rocks that are formed under heat and pressure.
14. Melting (la fusion): When rocks turn into liquid(magma/lava).

Diagram

(This below is a diagram of the rock cycle)

Rock Cycle Components(Poem & Quiz)

 

Reflection

1. What did you enjoy most about this project and why?

I enjoyed working with clay to make an animation about the rock cycle-- that was very FUN!!! I also liked that we could choose some components of the projects.

2. What was most challenging for you during this project and why?

Collaborating with my groupmates was sort of hard because some of them were not doing what they were supposed to do. I feel like if we collaborated a little more, the project would have been way better. Also, making the movie was kind of difficult to make too because I used imovie last year and I was not very good at it.

3. What new skills did you learn from doing this project?

I learned how to use the same information in different media in new ways. I got a better hang of imovie too. I had a lot of struggles with that, but now, I'm more comfortable with it.

4. Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain. 

We could have taken better pictures and we could have improved the quality of the movie. The movie would have been great at the end but since there was not much collaboration-- we messed it up, And we had a lot of time to do the project, we finished early, but the movie, I feel like could have been better.

Rock Cycle Video