Mary Stallard

                                                       WEATHERING PROJECT

PART I:  PHOTOGRAPHS

You must take photographs around Hampton (roads,sidewalks, cemeteries, parks)

which illustrate the various types of physical and chemical weathering. 

You must take  two different photographs of each of the following:

A. FROST ACTION

B. ROOT WEDGING

C. OXIDATION (be careful, don't confuse lichen with rust)

D. SALT WATER OR ACID RAIN EXPOSURE

A WORD OF CAUTION: To receive credit, your photographs must clearly show the effects of the agent of weathering in question.  So make sure it’s great ! Each photograph must be clearly labeled, giving the exact street location and explaining what it shows.

NOTE: YOU MUST BE IN ALL PHOTOGRAPHS TO RECEIVE CREDIT.

PART II:  EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE

You must visit a cemetery or other area such as FT Monroe, or St John's Church where there are old monuments made of stone. Find at least 5  tombstones or other monuments which are four sided and approximately the same age. Determine the geographic direction that each side faces, ie, North, South, East or West.Examine each of the tombstones and record your observations about how each side of each one is weathering. Put your observations in a data table.  Which of the sides seems to have weathered the most.  Or, are they the same ? Include two pictures which best support your conclusion.  Based on your observations, make a conclusion (in essay form)

concerning the effect of direction of exposure on the weathering rate and/or type.  Be sure to include your observations.

PART III: WEATHERING RESEARCH

You must conduct library research and write a report on weathering which includes the following subtopics:

1. Introduction

2. What is weathering?

3. What are the types of weathering?

4. What are the effects of weathering? Include the conclusion concerning the effect of

    direction of exposure on the weather rate and/or type.

5. What are some benefits of weathering?

6. What can be done about the weathering that is caused by man's polluting of the

    environment?

7. Can damaged objects be restored?