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Schemes of Work
QCA

Science at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 8G: Rocks and weathering
Section 8: Checking progress

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • about fragmentation and transportation

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Show pupils photographs, video clips of rivers full after a storm and in normal state and ask them a series of questions, eg
    • Why does the river appear dirty?
    • Where has the dirt come from?
    • What happens when the water level drops?
    • Why does the river become clearer?
  • Help pupils to generate key points about transportation and formation of sediment grains from their responses and the responses of others.
  • identify the source of 'dirt' in rivers in flood
  • make generalisations about transport and formation of sediment grains, eg larger grains don't get carried so far

Sections in this unit

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1. What are rocks made of?
2. How does rain cause rocks to weather?
3. How do changes in temperature cause rocks to weather?
4. Checking progress
5. a. What happens to weathered pieces of rock?
6. b. What happens to weathered pieces of rock?
7. c. What happens to weathered pieces of rock?
8. Checking progress
9. a. Why do sediments form layers?
10. b. Why do sediments form layers?
11. Reviewing work