1. objectives of the lesson
- to understand the impact of climate change on everyday society
- to find the relationship between corrosion of certain types of rocks and climate change
- to investigate the how and why of said relationship
- to develop the scientific method
- to develop a sense for scientific debate
2. scenario of the lesson
- introducing the the type of rock and its background to the class
- location
- composition
- history
- importance in modern society
- questioning the existence of acid rain
- history
- composition
- known impact of nature
- questioning impact on buildings and sculptures
- testing the theory: researching the impact of acid rain on Limburg Marl
- explaining the experiment
- researching what procedure fits best with the test
- preparing the test (2 students per experiment)
- executing the experiment
- observing and noting the results
- conclusion:
- sharing results
- discussing possible differences between experiments
- forming conclusion on the subject