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In this unit pupils:
- learn about rock texture as one of the key characteristics of different rock types
- model rock texture
- learn about the processes of weathering, erosion, transportation and sedimentation
- relate processes, eg evaporation and dissolving, involved in rock formation to processes observed in other contexts
- consider processes operating on different timescales
In scientific enquiry pupils:
- consider how evidence from sedimentary layers and from fossils has led to changes in ideas about the development of the Earth
- frame questions to be investigated
- make qualitative observations, including using time-lapse photography to record gradual changes, evaluating methods used
- present data in an appropriate way
- use scientific knowledge and understanding to explain observations
- investigate a question about sedimentation
This unit is expected to take approximately 7.5 hours.
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