Rockumentary Learning Lab Workshop

Explore the rock cycle and amazing minerals and their uses in this dynamic video-making program.

Geology as they learn about different types of rocks and how geological processes affect the Earth’s surface.
Working in small production teams to explore the Dynamic Earth exhibition and study the museum geology collection before researching and creating a short film about an element of the rock cycle.
Editing short films to be compiled to create a class Rockumentary.

All equipment is provided during this museum staff-led program, and student Rockumentaries are made available to download at school.

The length of the program is 90 minutes and it takes place in Melbourne Museum’s Learning Lab Studio.
All workshops in the Studio have a co-creative digital component and students may be filmed or photographed as part of their creative work. Teachers should ensure they have obtained relevant photography permissions from each student and each students’ legal guardian.

Earth is a dynamic planet as demonstrated by tectonic activity, including the formation of geological features at divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries; the theory of plate tectonics is supported by scientific evidence
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key processes of the rock cycle occur over different timescales; the properties of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks not only reflect their formation but also impact their usefulness and determine the methods used when mined
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Communicating

communicating ideas, findings and arguments for specific purposes and audiences involves the selection and use of appropriate presentation formats, scientific vocabulary, models and other representations, and may include the use of digital tools
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