QUARRYING
Can you dig it ? Yes you can !
Quarrying is an example of PRIMARY industry. It results in the production of RAW MATERIALS which are then PROCESSED to become manufactured items, or components for manufacturing industry.
QUARRYING could be for stone, or for aggregate. There are a lot of quarries local to King's Lynn
This is also a CASE STUDY for GCSE
We look at quarries in the PEAK DISTRICT, but there are similar quarries in the YORKSHIRE DALES
In the spirit of re-using case studies to make them multi-purpose, the area around
Put a map up of the area to the SW of Castleton and invite people to come up and circle a disused mine with a pen: you'll be there for some time.
The limestone that is quarried near Castleton is then used in the Blue Circle / Hope Valley Cement works
LESSON RESOURCES
We use a video from the United Kingdom series called 'Quarry Queen' which shows a quarry owned by Doreen Earl and the battle with her neighbours.
The quarries involved are called Bridge Quarry, Sycamore Quarry and Marksend Quarry, at Kerridge, which is on the border between Cheshire and the Derbyshire Peak District.
Also check out the VIRTUAL QUARRY - this won't work correctly at school, but will do at home I'm sure. Interactive elements to this.
http://www.virtualquarry.co.uk
Slemish College has an excellent resource which encourages students to build a quarry...