Rocks and Soils Lesson Plan Year 3 9 Lessons

Rocks and Soils Year 3 Lesson Plans covering the following objectives:
To compare and group different kinds of rocks according to their properties.
To describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock.
To recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter.
To carry out tests on rocks to find out their properties.
To describe how igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks are made in the rock-cycle.
To describe how big rocks are broken down into the smaller rocks found in soil (weathering).
To investigate why some soils drain better than others.

The lessons include two practical investigations ('Which rock would make the best roof tile?' and Which soil is the most permeable?')