Make your own rock

'Make your own rock; investigating how loose sediment may be stuck together to form a ‘rock’'

This activity demonstrates the compaction and cementation of sediments. Making, and subsequently testing 'rocks' by using sand and a range of ‘cements’.

The activity could form part of a lesson dealing with sedimentary rocks and how they are formed. It may also have applications to local building materials.

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