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 * Unit 7H: Materials from the Earth 3 weeks **
 * ** Topic 1: Materials from the Earth ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies – p 199 || Resources ||
 * * Explain what texture means.
 * Describe the texture of rocks.
 * Recall the characteristics of some rocks.
 * Explain why some rocks are porous. || * Starter: Quick quiz
 * Book p 105: read and answer all questions
 * Practical: examining rocks
 * Practical: investigating permeability
 * Book p 106-107: read and answer all questions
 * Rocks and scenery electronic worksheet on wiki
 * HW: worksheets || * Exploring Science Year 7 text
 * Equipment, materials and worksheet 7Ha (2) for examining rocks.
 * Equipment, materials and worksheet 7Ha (5) for investigating permeability.
 * Quick check 7Ha
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * Y9E
 * IGCSE || Assessment:
 * Plenary: Quick check || Support/extension:
 * Access: worksheet 7Ha(1) and (2)
 * Must: 7Ha (3)
 * Worksheets 7Ha (5) (6) and (7) (most) or (8) (some)Support/extension: ||


 * ** Topic 2: Rocks under attack ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies – p 202 || Resources ||
 * * Describe what happens when rocks are chemically weathered.
 * Recall the conditions under which physical weathering happens.
 * Describe how freeze–thaw action can weather rock.
 * Explain the different kinds of weathering. || * Starter: Key word check
 * Practical: acid and limestone
 * Practical: freeze-thaw action
 * Book p 108-109: read and answer all questions
 * Hot and cold – electronic worksheet
 * Ways of weathering presentation
 * HW: worksheets || * Worksheet 7Hb (2)
 * Exploring Science Year 7 text pages 108 - 109
 * Equipment, materials for acid and limestone and freeze-thaw action investigations
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * Y9 || Assessment:
 * Plenary: Cloze exercise || Support/extension:
 * Access: worksheet 7Hb(1)
 * Must: 7Hb (5)
 * Worksheets 7Hb (6) (most) or (7) and (8) (some) ||


 * ** Topic 3: Moving on ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies – p 206 || Resources ||
 * * Explain what sediment is.
 * Describetheparticlesizesthatcanbetransportedbywind,water andice.
 * Describewhathappenstopiecesofrockwhentheyaretransported.
 * Explainwhysedimentisdeposited. || * Starter: Practical: moving water
 * Practical: erosion of rock fragments during transport
 * Book p 110-111: read and answer all questions
 * Ice and erosion – electronic worksheet
 * Ice ages – AT or worksheet 7Hc (6)
 * HW: worksheets || * Exploring Science Year 7 text pages 110 and 111
 * Equipment and materials for moving water and erosion of rock fragments
 * AT
 * Quick check 7Hc
 * Worksheet 7Hc (6)
 * Other worksheets ||
 * Connections:
 * Y9 || Assessment:
 * Plenary: Quick check || Support/extension:
 * Access: worksheet 7Hc(1)
 * Must: 7Hc (7)
 * Worksheets 7Hc (8) (most) and (9) (some) ||


 * ** Topic 4: Settling down ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies – p 209 || Resources ||
 * * Explainhowsedimentaryrocksareformed.
 * Explainwhatfossilsare.
 * Describethedifferentkindsoflimestone.
 * Explainhowtofindoutwhichkindoflimestonecontainsthemost calciumcarbonate. || * Starter: Fossils
 * Practical: sand and sandstone
 * Practical: reaction of carbonates
 * Practical: carbonate content of limestone
 * Book p 112-113: read and answer all questions
 * Using limestone: use worksheet 7Hc (6)
 * HW: worksheets || * Exploring Science Year 7 text
 * Fossils or images of fossils
 * Equipment, materials and worksheets 7Hd (3) and (5) for all 3 practicals
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * Y9 || Assessment:
 * Plenary: Cloze exercise || Support/extension:
 * Access: worksheet 7Hd(1)
 * Must: 7Hd (7)
 * Worksheets 7Hd (8) (most) or (9)(some) ||


 * ** Topic 5: Evidence in the rocks ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies – p 212 || Resources ||
 * * Explainwhysedimentsometimesformslayers.
 * Explainwhatthesizeofthegrainscantellusaboutthewayarock wasformed.
 * Explainwhattheroundnessofthegrainscantellusaboutthewaya rockwasformed.
 * Describehowcoal,oilandnaturalgaswereformed.
 * || * Starter: Practical: explaining the layers
 * Practical: different limestones
 * Evidence in limestones
 * Book p 114-115: read and answer all questions
 * Book p 116-117: read and answer all questions
 * Plenary: quick quiz revisited
 * HW: revise for test || * Exploring Science Year 7 text pages 114 - 117
 * Equipment and materials for explaining layers and different limestones ||
 * Connections:
 * Y9 || Assessment:
 * End of unit test || Support/extension:
 * Access: worksheet 7He(1) and (2)
 * Must: 7Hb (6)
 * Worksheets 7Ha (7) (most) or (8) and (9) (some) ||