Primary Science
‘Primary Science KS2 Year 3 Rocks and Soils – A teaching guide to The Street Beneath My Feet’.
A joint initiative of @uniofeastanglia @UEAenv and @UH_Education.
Trialled at @HeartseasePA summer 2019.
These lessons, including simple experiments, can be done at home.
The content covers the Primary Science KS2 Year 3 Rocks and Soils topic.
Lesson plans and resource lists can be downloaded here
And a video overview of the project viewed here
For more information please contact Jane H. Scarrow at jscarrow@ugr.es
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
grant agreement No R204316, Volcanoes: eruptive style, pre-eruptive evolution and risk (VESPER).
Lesson 1: Introduction – what are the different types of rocks?
Lesson overview
The aim is to enthuse the children about rocks and science by teaching them how we use rocks in our everyday life and about geology in their local area. A collection of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks will be described and classified.
Learning objective
Learn there are three types of rocks – sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic – and how to describe, compare and classify them using their physical properties.
Lesson plan
Lesson plan and resource list can be downloaded here.
Session summary
Great day with @MackintoshJulia and the wonderful Y3 geologists @HeartseasePA Norwich. Joint @uniofeastanglia @UEAenv and @UH_Education #primaryscience #outreach #MSCA
Lesson 2: What is soil?
Lesson overview
The aim is for children to learn that soils are full of life and are made from rocks and organic matter. The pupils will study at the book ‘The Street Beneath my Feet’ in detail. The properties of a collection of soils will be studied.
Learning objective
Learn that soils are full of life and are made from rocks and organic matter.
Lesson plan
Lesson plan and resource list can be downloaded here.
Session summary
Another great session with the @HeartseasePA year 3 children and @GeomorphJAMS looking at how water runs through sandy and compost-rich soil – which should we use to grow our broccoli? #MSCA #primaryscience #outreach #TheStreetBeneathMyFeet @UEAenv
Lesson 3: How are fossils made?
Lesson overview
The aim is to study sedimentary rocks and fossils. The pupils will identify some common types of sedimentary rock, explore fossils and a specific prehistoric ecosystem.
Learning objective
Learn that fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped in sedimentary rock.
Lesson plan
Lesson plan and resource list can be downloaded here.
Session summary
Well, this week @HeartseasePA we learnt about sedimentary rocks and fossils – wild excitement! Helped out by @Seismic_Jade, @harrington_carl and Rob Blair. Spot the sedimentary mindfulness jar with dinosaur. #MSCA #primaryscience #outreach #TheStreetBeneathMyFeet @UEAenv
Lesson 4: When do volcanoes erupt?
Lesson overview
The aim is for the children to learn igneous rocks form related to volcanoes. The pupils will set up an experiment to see the effect of gas on volcanic eruptions. They will investigate a collection of igneous rocks to predict the most explosive.
Learning objective
Learn that igneous rocks form – related to volcanoes – from magma that comes from the partial melting of rocks within the mantle and crust.
Lesson plan
Lesson plan and resource list can be downloaded here.
Session summary
Classroom volcano @HeartseasePA with @BDaviesGeo – what happens when we add gas? #MSCA #primaryscience #outreach #TheStreetBeneathMyFeet @UEAenv
Lesson 5: Why do rocks change?
Lesson overview
The aim is for the children to understand rocks can change from sedimentary to metamorphic and igneous. The pupils will investigate the effect of heat and pressure. They will consider how a metamorphic rocks and minerals formed.
Learning objective
Learn about the rock cycle – that metamorphic rocks form from sedimentary rocks by heat and pressure and how igneous rocks relate to these.
Lesson plan
Lesson plan and resource list can be downloaded here.
Session summary
Demonstrating the rock cycle with @Pendragondrinks chocolate flakes worked perfectly @HeartseasePA with @BDaviesGeo educational and delicious results (and the classroom carpet survived – just). #MSCA #primaryscience #outreach #TheStreetBeneathMyFeet @UEAenv
Lesson 6: Where can we see rocks in our town?
Lesson overview
The aim is to show the children some ways in which rocks are used. They will find out rocks are all around us and they are useful. The field trip will be an opportunity for the pupils to apply and consolidate what they learnt during the project.
Learning objective
Learn that rocks are all around us and they are very useful.
Lesson plan
Lesson plan and resource list can be downloaded here.
Session summary
Field trip scuppered by #HealthandSafety we improvised with #GoogleEarth @Heartsease – so impressed by how much the children know and their continuing enthusiasm for *rocks* #MSCA #primaryscience #outreach #TheStreetBeneathMyFeet @UEAenv
