Lesson 8Ha: Rocks and their uses Learning objectives Exemplar teaching activities Differentiation Resources Maths skills Practical skills Developing Starter: Rocks brainstorm n/a Resources n/a Students Recall what earthquakes and volcanoes Ask students to jot down as many from 8Ha investigate the are. facts about rocks and soils as they Exploring permeability of Recall some uses for and some can. Students can then try to Science. by finding products made from limestone. categorise the facts they have how much what rocks are made of. between them, e.g. of water different ‘properties Recall why different rocks have rocks’, of some types of rock’, rock specimens ‘names different properties. for rocks’, etc. absorb. ‘uses Recall some examples of with different textures. Exploring: Permeable rocks Explain why certain rocks are porous Students investigate the permeability and/or permeable. of by finding how much water Securing different rock specimens absorb. Relate features of a landscape to the Students predict which rocks they type of rock and how it has weathered. think will absorb the most water, Explain why certain rocks are used for based on an examination of their certain applications. textures, and then work out the mass Exceeding of water absorbed per unit mass of Interpret formulae to identify the rock. of, and ratio of, atoms in a compound. Explaining: Demonstrating textures Use a 3D interlocking puzzle to illustrate interlocking textures and a beaker full of marbles to illustrate non-interlocking textures. Plenary: Thinking about rocks What Was The Question: It has interlocking crystals. (Possible questions: Why is a rock impermeable? What is the texture of granite? In what way is gabbro similar to granite?)
Lesson 8Ha: Rocks and their uses Learning objectives Exemplar teaching activities Differentiation Resources Maths skills Practical skills Developing Recall what earthquakes and volcanoes are. Recall some uses for and some products made from limestone. what rocks are made of. Recall why different rocks have different properties. Recall some examples of with different textures. Explain why certain rocks are porous and/or permeable. Securing Relate features of a landscape to the type of rock and how it has weathered. Explain why certain rocks are used for certain applications. Exceeding Interpret formulae to identify the of, and ratio of, atoms in a compound. Starter: Rocks brainstorm Ask students to jot down as many facts about rocks and soils as they can. Students can then try to categorise the facts they have between them, e.g. ‘properties of rocks’, ‘names of some types of rock’, ‘uses for rocks’, etc. Exploring: Permeable rocks Students investigate the permeability of by finding how much water different rock specimens absorb. Students predict which rocks they think will absorb the most water, based on an examination of their textures, and then work out the mass of water absorbed per unit mass of rock. Explaining: Demonstrating textures Use a 3D interlocking puzzle to illustrate interlocking textures and a beaker full of marbles to illustrate non-interlocking textures. Plenary: Thinking about rocks What Was The Question: It has interlocking crystals. (Possible questions: Why is a rock impermeable? What is the texture of granite? In what way is gabbro similar to granite?) n/a Resources from 8Ha Exploring Science. n/a Students investigate the permeability of by finding how much water different rock specimens absorb.