Stone Safari
This worksheet encourages students to get out in the natural world to look for and identify the three different types of rocks. This activity can be used on its own, or in conjunction with presentation or larger geology unit available on Teach This.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to describe how weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition cause slow or rapid changes to the Earth’s surface.
- We are learning to understand that the Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity.
Curriculum alignment
AC9S3H01
9
Examine how people use data to develop scientific explanations
AC9S5U02
9
Describe how weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition cause slow or rapid change to Earth’s surface
ACSHE050
8.4
Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships
ACSSU075
8.4
Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity
ST2-1WS-S
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Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations
ST2-2DP-T
old
Selects and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
ST2-4LW-S
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Compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things
ST2-5LW-T
old
Describes how agricultural processes are used to grow plants and raise animals for food, clothing and shelter
ST2-10ES-S
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Investigates regular changes caused by interactions between the Earth and the Sun, and changes to the Earth’s surface
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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