The Laboratory of Archeomagnetism (Viareggio) of the IGG - CNR, has designed and create the scientific workshop for children "Also the rocks talk" as part of the XVI edition of the exhibition "Ludoteca Scientifica: Dialogar di Scienza sperimentando sotto la Torre" an initiative promoted by the Dept. of Physics "Enrico Fermi" and the National Institute of Optics of the CNR and funded by the Pisa Foundation with the sponsorship and support of the City of Pisa to be held from March 12 to May 26, 2018, from Monday to Saturday, 9.00am - 1.30pm and 2.30pm - 5.30pm at the Cittadella Galileiana, L.go Padre Renzo Spadoni / Via Bonanno Pisano 2 / A - Pisa.
Scientific laboratory for children "Also the rocks talk"
All the "stones" have an age and a history and, if we know their language, they can tell us pictures of our planet. By observing the different rocks, the children will learn to recognize the main minerals, their structures and, with this information, will know if the rock has formed beneath the Earth's surface by a magma that has cooled slowly, if it was formed as a result of a volcanic eruption, if it is composed of fragments of other rocks previously eroded or if it has been transformed under the ground following an increase in pressure and temperature.
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