Rocks and Soils
Year 3
Unit Overview
Info about the unit
THIS UNIT LINKS TO THE GEOGRAPHY UNIT ROCKS, RELICS AND RUMBLES
β MEMORABLE MOMENT
Hands on exploration of rocks, fossils and soils.
Rock buffet-make sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks to eat!
οΈβοΈ WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
Investigation booklets.
π³ LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Collecting soil samples from around the school grounds.
Unit Sequence: Learning Intentions
How are rocks used?- Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties.
Fossils -Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock
Soil testing - Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter.
Scientific Enquiry: Investigations
How do fossils form?
Plan an exploration of how fossils are made.
Record their observations.
What is sand?
Record observations-what happens when rocks break up.
Display results using appropriate graphing methods e.g., pie chart.
What is soil?
record their initial observations and take a photo of their soil samples
separate the soil with water, take another photo then measure and record the depth of each layer in both jars
decide whether the soil samples are sandy, silty or clay
record any final observations
display their results in a suitable way, such as in a bar chart or with labelled diagrams.
π BIG FINISH
Making their own fossils and sand.
π FOCUS TEXT(S)
Mary Anning by Anna Claybourne
Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit