Weather is rain, wind, sun or other conditions you get at a particular time or place.

Climate is weather patterns over many years.

Soil is ground up rock mixed up with plant and animal remains.

A nutrient is any substance that plants or animals need in order to live and grow.

Flooding is the covering or submerging of normally dry land with a large amount of water.

Healthy soil (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

Science

Introduction to rocks

The appearance of rocks

Physical properties of rocks: hardness

Mohs' scale of hardness (non-statutory)

Physical properties of rocks: permeability

Everyday uses of rocks

Weathering and erosion of rocks

How fossils are formed

More about fossil formation

Mary Anning (non-statutory)

What soils are made from

Different types of soils (non-statutory)

Soil permeability: plan (non-statutory)

Soil permeability: do and review (non-statutory)

How geologists work

In this Rocks and soil unit, pupils learn to describe in simple terms how fossils are formed. In the Evolution and inheritance unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to recognise that things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago.

In the Uses of everyday materials unit, pupils learnt to identify and compare the suitability of materials, including rock. In this Rocks and soils unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to compare and group different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties.

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.

Rocks and soils

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Which options below are examples of types of weather?

The climate is getting warmer more quickly now than a hundred years ago.

The climate is getting colder more quickly now than a hundred years ago.

The climate is not changing, it is the same as a hundred years ago.

In what way is Earth’s climate gradually changing?

Climate describes weather conditions over ...

A crop is a plant that is grown in large amounts.

A crop is a plant that is grown in a pot indoors.

Flooding or not enough rain can affect how well crops grow. What are crops?

Which of these animals in the soil may be affected if soil is either too wet or dry?

Rain, sun, wind, snow, hail stones, fog, thunder and lightning are all types of ...

it provides a material to support plant roots

it provides nutrients for healthy plant growth

it provides a home for small animals to live

Which of these processes helps soils to form?

What is it called if we have too much rain that doesn't drain away leaving a large amount of land covered in lots of water?

Healthy soil (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

Lesson outcome

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