Rocks and Soils

Year 3

Unit Overview

Info about the unit

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

โ‡ MEMORABLE MOMENT

Hands on exploration of rocks, fossils and soils.

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

๏ธโœ๏ธ WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

Investigation booklets.

๐ŸŒณ LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

Collecting soil samples from around the school grounds.

Unit Sequence: Learning Intentions

Scientific Enquiry: Investigations

๐Ÿ BIG FINISH

Quiz in teams.

๐Ÿ“– FOCUS TEXT(S)ย 

Mary Anning by Anna Claybourne

Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit