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Earth's resources
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/at-the-museum/earths-resources/Students will explore the Museum's diverse rock and mineral collection, engage with First Nations peoples' geologies and investigate the future of non-renewable resources.
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Metamorphism
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/metamorphism/The word metamorphism comes from Greek and means 'change of form'. Metamorphic rocks are pre-existing rocks whose mineral composition and/or texture has been changed by processes within the Earth.
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Learn how to classify rocks
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/rock-classification/Can you tell the difference between sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks? Use this series of posters to learn how to classify rocks and tell the difference between them!
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Jigsaw Earth
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/jigsaw-earth/Fit the Earth back together and get to know the tectonic plates, natural disasters and continental drift of our planet with this downloadable puzzle.
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Make your own pocket volcano
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/pocket-volcano/Watch this video to learn what happens inside a volcano just before it erupts and make your own pocket volcano in the classroom or at home!
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Magma
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/magma/Magma is hot molten mobile rock. Igneous rocks form when magma cools and solidifies. Magmas come out of active volcanoes as lavas.
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Characteristics of sediments
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/characteristics-of-sediments/Sediments can be classified by their characteristics, which relate to how they have been transported and weathered and how far from their original source they have been deposited.
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Sedimentary structures
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/sedimentary-structures/Sedimentary structures can be of either physical (e.g. wave action) or biological (e.g. disruption of sediments by animals) origin.
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Soils
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/soils/Soils are made up of three layers and are thickest where they are older and in warm and wet environments.
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Volcanic rocks
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/volcanic-rocks/Volcanic rocks are divided into three main types: basaltic, volcaniclastic and pyroclastic.
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