Songs

=// This page has all kinds of rocks and mineral SONGS //=

// We Are The Rock // Cycle **//We are the rocks...Igneous.//** **We are the rocks...Metamorphic.** **We are the rocks...Sedimentary.** **We are the rocks...in the Rock Cycle!**

**I am an igneous rock.** **I was very hot when I was magma.** **Over time I cooled and became a rock. I was magma.** **Minerals combined to form my Igneous rock.** **I have an Igneous friend who was just like me...from magma.** **The name is El Capitan in Yosemite. He was magma.** **Minerals combined to form that Igneous rock.**

**We are the rocks...Igneous.** **We are the rocks...Metamorphic.** **We are the rocks...Sedimentary.** **We are the rocks...in the Rock Cycle!**

**Metamorphic's my name and change is my game...from heat and pressure.** **In many years I may be a different rock from heat and pressure.** **Formed under ground to take on my new shape.** **I have a friend who morphed like me...from heat and pressure.** **A marble kid morphologically from heat and pressure.** **Soft limestone is what she used to be.**

**We are the rocks...Igneous.** **We are the rocks...Metamorphic.** **We are the rocks...Sedimentary.** **We are the rocks...in the Rock Cycle!**

**I am a layered rock, come from many grains...sedimentary. Many fossils and dinosaur remains... sedimentary. Cementation and compaction is how we're made. Many desert wash or coastal bluffs... sedimentary. Some mighty buttes, climbing could be tough... sedimentary. Cementation and compaction is how we're made.**

**We are the rocks...Igneous.** **We are the rocks...Metamorphic.** **We are the rocks...Sedimentary.** **We are the rocks...in the Rock Cycle!**

= __//Science//__ = **Science is a method to test and analyze Science looks for answers when you hypothesize Science is experiments to make discoveries** **Science is a process that leads to a good theory** **Science is geology, ecology, biology Science is zoology, astronomy and chemistry Science is anatomy, cosmology, technology Observing, collecting, measuring Science is a method to find what may be true But science re-evaluates when it learns something new Science is in medicine it's benefiting everyone Science is the physics, mathematics, electronics Observing, collecting, measuring Give me that a data, give me data, give me that a data Give me that a data, give me data, give me that a data Science Is.**

=__//** Mohs Rock Scale **//__= **Talc rubs off with your fingers And gypsum is scratched with a fingernail. Calcite is scratched with a penny But fluorite must be scratched with a nail, And we are learning The MOHS Rock Hardness Scale And it is plain to see that** **Apatite is harder than fluorite But also must be scratched with a nail. Feldspar can be scratched with a file And quartz can scratch some glass so pale, And we are learning The MOHS Rock Hardness Scale And it is plain to see that** **Topaz scratches quartz, Corundum scratches unglazed tile. Diamonds are the hardest, And we can now rest for awhile, For we have learned The MOHS Rock Hardness Scale. From softest to the hardest it goes: Talc, gypsum, calcite, fluorite, apatite, Feldspar and quartz, topaz, corundum And diamonds, they are the hardest ones, of course. So we've all learned The MOHS Rock Hardness Scale. So if you want to Give me a rock please make it a diamond!**

=__** The Rock Cycle **__= **I've been pounded and ground and smashed around in the cycle... rock cycle I've been thrown and blown up to the ozone in the cycle... I've been eroded, corroded and motherloded Melted and pelted and ore smelted I've been chipped and dipped and stripped and skipped in the cycle...** **Been aerated and slated and conglomerated in the cycle... Been seized and squeezed and wheezed and sneezed in the cycle... Been pressed and stressed to form a mountain crest Been torn down, worn down and reborn Going round and round like wheels on the ground in the cycle...** **Moving slowly, only way to go Going round and round...** **It's elementary to be sedimentary rock in the cycle... It's très très chic to be a metamorphic rock in the cycle... If you've been two kinds of rock, well you can't talk Till the cycle's complete-now that's a feat! Get serious - be an igneous rock in the cycle... Well I was molten lava down in Java in the cycle... I was a fossilised bean from the Pleistocene in the cycle... I was a cobblestone in ancient Rome A marble Budda in Calcutta Been around the world in 3 billion years on my cycle...** **Moving slowly, that's the way to go Been around the world...**

=//The Rock Cycle Song//= **Round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows. There's no tellin' how it might go; It’s called a cycle. It’s all about rocks changin’, rearrangin’, always on the move ‘cause they never find their groove.** **Deep down in the ground hot magma can be found but when pressure builds up, that volcano will erupt. When exposed to the air, igneous rocks will form there. Rapid cooling happens then, extrusive rocks form again** **Deep down in the ground, cooling magma can be found. Igneous rock is the result, learn it now, young adult. Slow cooling happens there, ‘cause there’s just no air. Intrusive rocks form now ‘cause that’s what conditions allow.** **So round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows. There's no tellin' how it might go; It’s called a cycle. It’s all about rocks changin’, rearrangin’, always on the move ‘cause they never find their groove.** **Some rocks are on the surface, there is just no bliss...** **Rock pieces, mineral grains play a part in this refrain...** **Water dissolves substances sometimes it cannot hold...** **Squeezing, folding, and hot fluids cause rocks to change, and rearrange...** **So round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows. There's no tellin' how it might go; It’s called a cycle. It’s all about rocks changin’, rearrangin’, always on the move ‘cause they never find their groove. (repeat)**

=//**Three Types Of Rocks**//= **There are three types of rocks that make up the crust. Magma underneath provides the thrust. Driven by the heat of the core.** **Igneous made from magma Metamorphic made from pressure and heat Sedimentary from deposition And with these three, the list is complete Igneous rocks from magma down below Cools quickly at the surface down below rather slow There’s granite and basalt that line the ocean floor And pumice that floats from the air trapped in it’s pores.** **Deep in earth’s crust there’s pressure and heat Changing mineral composition is quite a feat This metamorphic rock forms way out of sight Can be gneiss, quartz, slate or muscovite.** **Sedimentary rocks are formed on the crust From layers of ash, bones, silt and dust Siltstone, sandstone, chalk and shale These fossils in these rocks have tales to tell.** **There are 3 types of rocks that make up the crust. Magma underneath provides the thrust.** **Driven by the heat of the core. Igneous made from magma Metamorphic made from pressure and heat Sedimentary from deposition And with these three, the list is complete**