Setting Up and Executing a Controlled Explosion at a Rock Quarry
7:45
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: New June 2022! Join an explosives expert to see how an explosives team sets up and executes a safe and successful blast at a rock quarry to obtain rock to be used in highway construction.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Infrastructure-38**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video in conjunction with student study of community and businesses to see how a rock quarry successfully conducts safe explosions to quarry the rock.
- Use the video in conjunction with student study of electronics. Have students research how electrical connections are made and explain, in their own words, how such an operation would be set up.
To learn more about rock quarries and how they are operated, check out the full program this segment is edited from: The Science Behind Explosives.
*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
