FREE PRIMARY SCIENCE · Year 3
Rocks, minerals and soils
How are rocks, minerals and soils different, and how do we use them?
Three low-cost lessons. Students explore rock and soil cards on the iPad and order the steps that make sandstone, test rocks collected from the school grounds, then run a fair test to find which soil lets water through fastest. Lesson 1 needs only iPads; lessons 2 and 3 use rocks, sand and soil from outside plus cups, spoons and water.
3 free lessons · Australian Curriculum v9
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Rock and soil cards
How are rocks, minerals and soils different?
Open free interactive lesson →Rock testers
How can we test the properties of rocks?
Open free interactive lesson →Soil soak test
Which soil lets water through the fastest?
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