Rocks and Soils

Year 3

Unit Overview

Info about the unit

THIS UNIT LINKS TO THE GEOGRAPHY UNIT ROCKS, RELICS AND RUMBLES

MEMORABLE MOMENT

Hands on exploration of rocks, fossils and soils.

Rock buffet-make sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks to eat!

️✏️ WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

Investigation booklets.

🌳 LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

Collecting soil samples from around the school grounds.

Unit Sequence: Learning Intentions

Scientific Enquiry: Investigations

🏁 BIG FINISH

Quiz in teams.

📖 FOCUS TEXT(S) 

Mary Anning by Anna Claybourne

Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit