Lab #8: Limestone

Coming from Nashville, TN I know a lot about limestone

Limestone is a very common rock type found in Nashville, and when I took geology in the 6th grade, it was the first rock we talked about! They even have repair places for your limestone walls!!

Anyways, for those of you not from Nashville, limestone is a cool rock..."But what is it??" you may ask. I'll tell you!

Limestone is a sedimentary rock. It usually is composed of mostly calcite and aragonite (basically different forms of calcium carbonate-->CaCO3)

Like most sedimentary rocks, is also usually has tiny skeletal remains of sea creatures (and yes I am counting coral because it is under the sea)

These pictures are what limestone can look like:


 (this one's a quarry!)

 (this one has fossils in it!)

So! All in all, limestone is a really cool rock!

In summary-->limestone is a sedimentary rock composed of (usually) different forms of calcium carbonate and can have little fossils in it!

If you want to learn more about limestone check out this website!

Lab #7: Community Gardens

Community gardens...what are they? What benefit do they provide to society?

Well, I can tell you that community gardens are a great way to get a group of people living in the same neighborhood to all work together and provide food for themselves.

In essence, it's kind of like a mini-farm. Everyone is dependent on this community garden for certain things, and they all work towards the same goal: creating food to eat, or flowers to view.

As you can see from these images from Google...




Not only do community gardens provide a sense of unity to a previously overly individualistic community, they also provide an opportunity to teach.

The lessons that can be learned through community gardens include: learning how to grow food, how to tend to plants, and also gives people a sense of responsibility. These people are in charge of caring for and tending to the plants that will eventually be in their own homes, or shared among neighbors.

So, all in all, community gardens are the bomb.com and should definitely be used around the world.

If you want to know how to to start your own community garden, here is a helpful website to help get you started!