Rocks and soils
Why this, why now
This unit covers comparing and grouping rocks based on appearance and physical properties, understanding fossil formation, and recognising that soils are made from rocks and organic matter. It involves setting up practical enquiries, making observations, and using evidence to answer questions.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
Unit 1 / 6
Rocks and soils
This unit covers comparing and grouping rocks based on appearance and physical properties, understanding fossil formation, and recognising that soils are made from rocks and organic matter. It involves setting up practical enquiries, making observations, and using evidence to answer questions.
16 lessons- Soil permeability: plan (non-statutory)
- How fossils are formed
- Mary Anning (non-statutory)
- Everyday uses of rocks
- What soils are made from
- Mohs' scale of hardness (non-statutory)
- More about fossil formation
- Introduction to rocks
- Physical properties of rocks: hardness
- Different types of soils (non-statutory)
- Weathering and erosion of rocks
- Soil permeability: do and review (non-statutory)
- Healthy soil (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)
- How geologists work
- Physical properties of rocks: permeability
- The appearance of rocks