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Properties of materials
CONCEPTUALCompare and group different kinds of rocks based on their appearance and simple physical properties such as hardness, texture, and colour
Mastery Evidence
- Describe at least three observable properties of rocks: hardness, texture, colour, grain size
- Sort a collection of rocks into groups based on chosen properties
- Compare two rocks and describe how their properties differ
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] examine a collection of rocks and sort them by whether they're hard or crumbly, rough or smooth, and light or dark?”
Curriculum Standards1 alignment
Y3.Sci.R.1The national curriculum in EnglandComparing and grouping rocks
compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties
Science · Key Stage 2
Prerequisites1
- Grouping MaterialssoftAges 5—6
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- States of Matter Vocabulary soft
Describing physical properties of materials uses solid/liquid/gas vocabulary introduced in the states of matter LANGUAGE node
Unlocks7
- Rock Layers & Relative DatingsoftAges 9—11
- How fossils formhardAges 7—8
- The Rock CyclehardAges 12—14
- Types of RocksoftAges 7—9
- Erosion and weatheringsoftAges 9—10
- Rocks and soilhardAges 7—8
- Rapid earth changessoftAges 7—8