KS3 - Rock Cycle & Salol Practical Includes worksheets, approx lesson plan and timings, needs grated chocolate as demo of how rocks are formed. ---- Links to prior topics : Earth Science 1 (rock types) Earth Science 2 (spheres) Skills Developed: Practical skills, Microscope skills, observation, note making Learning Objectives : Revise previously covered Earth Chemistry (spheres, rocks) Learn about how Rocks are formed so that you can explain their structures Assessment Criteria for Objectives: Fill in rock cycle Determine crystal structure formation explain the structures of marble (metamorphic), pumice (Igneous) and sandstone (sedimentary) and how they are formed. [assessed next lesson] Teaching & Learning Strategies Animation, demonstration, practical observations, practical work Resources / Materials Required Chocolates for 'choc cycle ' Salol + slides /m’scopes Bunsen burner Lab Safety Considerations [CLEAPSS / Hazcards / COSHH] Salol, chocolate allergies/nuts , bunsen flame Practical Work/Demonstration Salol slides hot/cold Literacy /Numeracy/ICT incl. School-wide objectives Visual descriptors of what they see, writing to articulate information Other Broader/Cross-curricular links – Sustainability, geology/geography

2 Lessons worth of earth science, Covers the inner parts of the earth as well as the exterior spheres. Includes some etymology of words and leads on to the rock cycle.