Science at key stage 3 (Year 8)
Unit 8H: The rock cycle
Section 7: Reviewing work
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Objectives |
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- to relate key ideas about geological changes to each other
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Activities |
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Outcomes |
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Children: |
- Ask pupils to produce and present, on overhead transparencies (OHTs), an interpretation of the rock cycle,
eg through a cartoon, story of the life of a rock (or two or three).
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- describe the continuous process of the rock cycle
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Points to note |
- As an alternative, pupils could be asked to indicate on a diagram, or other illustration of the rock cycle, which of the processes are biological,
eg soil production, formation of fossils, which may be chemical,
eg weathering, and which may be physical,
eg transportation, metamorphism, melting.
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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of
activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by
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