Mrs. Tan’s

Fourth Grade

Web quest

Vermont Rocks!

www.ethanallenhomestead.org/

The Mayor of South Burlington has decided to have a statue of Ethan Allen built and placed in the center of town. He wants the statue to be composed of the three Vermont state rocks. The base must be built of the hardest rock. The body of the statue must be built using the next strongest rock. His hat is to be built of the weakest rock.

Your Mission:

**Find the three Vermont State rocks**

**Identify which rock is igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic**

**Learn which is the strongest, medium and weakest rock**

**Find where these rocks can be quarried in Vermont**

**Report your findings to Mrs. Tan**

Your Journey: Starting your search.

To get more information, visit these sites:

Site: Url:

Vermont Geological Survey www.anr.state.vt.us/geology/vtgeoinx.htm

Encyclopedia. Com www.encyclopedia.com/

Rock Hounds www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/index2.html

Vermont Symbols, Rocks www.statehousegirls.net/vt/symbols/rock/

To get even more information, use these key words with search engines:

Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, Vermont quarries