Y3 Autumn Block 5 TS1 Identify rocks

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1) What is an omnivore?
an animal that eats plants and animals
2) What does the Eatwell Guide show?
how much of each food group we
should eat
3) Which food group does cheese belong to?
dairy
4) What type of skeleton does a crab have?
an exoskeleton

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What are these objects made from?
rock

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Rock is a natural material that is found on or
underneath the Earth’s surface.

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There are many different types of rock.
What do you notice about these rocks?
they are different colours and textures

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How can we identify
and sort rocks based
on their properties?

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Rocks have different appearances.
Some
Somerocks
rocksare
arerough.
soft.
Some
Somerocks
rocksare
aresmooth.
hard.

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Which piece of equipment could we use to observe the
texture of different rocks?
binoculars
telescope
hand lens

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This is granite.
What do you notice about granite?
it is hard and has lots of crystals

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This is sandstone.
What do you notice about sandstone?
it is light in colour and has grains

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This is chalk.
What do you notice about chalk?
it is a very soft white rock

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This is marble.
What do you notice about marble?
it is a hard white rock

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This is gneiss.
What do you notice about gneiss?
it is a hard rock that has layers

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chalk
gneiss
marble
I think chalk is the odd one
out as it is soft and dusty.
I think gneiss is the odd one
out as it has layers.
Which do you think is the odd one out? Why?

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Which rock is Teddy thinking of?
chalk
pumice
marble
granite
gneiss
sandstone
It does not
have
Clue
1 layers.
It is aClue
soft2rock.
It has lotsClue
of small
3 holes.

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What are these rocks?
granite
pumice
sandstone
chalk
marble
gneiss

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?
I noticed that
some of the
rocks had
crystals.
Gneiss is a
rock that has
lots of layers.
Make
observations
Pumice was
very light and
had lots of
small holes.

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How can we identify
and sort rocks based
on their properties?

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Have a go at questions # - #

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The characters
Annie
Amir
Alex
Whitney
Tommy
Teddy
Dexter
Rosie
Sam
Max
Mo
Jo
Kim
Ron
Jack
Eva
Eva
Tiny
Diddy