Quarrying

Learning Objectives
✤ Describe briefly the uses if limestone and how it is quarried.
✤ Consider and evaluate the environmental, social and economic effects of exploiting limestone and producing building materials from it.
✤ Evaluate the developments in using limestone, cement and concrete as building materials, and their advantages and disadvantages over other materials.

Settler:

Starter:

Demonstration:

Practical:

Main 1:
Limestone cycle folder
Main 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehBKETtRImk
How does cement work?
AFL:

Homework
Take a look at this article: Worlds largest Open pit Mines (Quarrys)

To add extra wow factor I found them on google maps for you:
• The biggest iron mine
• The deepest mine
• The deadliest mine

Your task after this lesson will be to prepare yourself for a debate on Quarrying - Is it good or bad? The best pupils will research both sides, and this article will give you great perspective. For example Hibbing Minnesota would not exist at all without the local mine as it provides all the jobs and income for the area. There are lots of positive and negative arguments in the text of the article. You may also want to research easier to read websites such as BBC Bitesize.