Objective: Students will make sandstone
Materials:
- paper cup
- cementing solution (2 parts water to one part Epsom salt)
- sand
- hand lens
Activity:
Fill the paper cup half full of sand. Pack the sand with your hand.
Slowly add cementing solution until all of the sand is wet.
Put the cup in a warm place until the sand dries completely.
Carefully tear away the paper cup.
Observe the sand with the hand lens.
Have students write a paper or describe what they observed.
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