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L.0-Describing rocks and its uses.

Success Criteria
• All – To be able to describe from where rocks come from?

• Most – To understand how properties relate to texture

• Some – To analyse he uses of rocks.

 We get many useful substances from rocks, such as
building materials, metals, pigments and jewels. But
where do we get the rocks themselves from?
They come from the Earth’s crust. The Earth’s crust is the
thin outer layer of the Earth. It is about 30 km thick on land
and only about 8 km thick under the sea.

crust

mantl
e
inner
core
outer
core

What are rocks made up of?

Watch the given video and answer the
questions
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=1uTGs_ut4_w
• Write in your own words from where
do rocks come from

Different type of rocks

New rocks from old.
• The rocks though made of hard
minerals, are affected by the
WEATHER
• This process is called
WEATHERING. It produces
EROSION features
Uses of rocks
 Limestone
Making Fizzesvwith
White
cement acid.

Coal
Black Fires
Caneasilybe
burnt.

Sedimentary
Chalk
Wearsaway
White Writing
easily.

Sandstone Madeofsmall
Building
Red sand-like
material
grains.

Pumice

Floatson
Grey Bathserub
water.

Igneous
Granite
Canbecasily
Pink Kerbstones
polished.

Slate Splitseasily
Roofing
Grey intothin
material
sheets
Metamorphic
Marble
Making Fizzeswith
White
statues acid.

MY HPL
JOURNEY
Advanced Cognitive Performance Characteristics
(ACPS) Values Attitudes and Attributes
(VAAs)
Meta thinking: Have you Creating: Have you
1. Evaluated your own learning? 1. Given an example of new ideas? Empathetic:
2. Done self-corrections? 2. Abandoned one idea for another as
1. When have you collaborated during the course of
3. Approached new content by linking it to you realized it didn’t work? your topic?
your current knowledge? 3. Created a new idea by building on 2. How would this topic affect society and the
4. Given your personal views on a matter ones you already have? community?
based on evidence? 4. You can take a picture or write about 3. What moral or ethical issues were raised during the
5. Transferred knowledge you already it in your notebook.
topic?
have to a new circumstance? 4. When did you feel under stress during this topic but
gained the confidence in your knowledge?
Analysing: Have you Agile:
1. Broken down your task and decided what the best approach to take would be? 1. When were you willing to work alone?
2. Written a Hypothesis? 2. When did you think independently?
3. Followed a set of rules within science? (not including class rules). 3. When did you actively control your own learning?
4. You can write about it in your notebook. 4. When did you use your initiative to find solutions?
5. When did you take on the views or ideas of others?

Linking: Have you Realising: Have you

1. Taken on the views of others? 1. Have you worked with speed and
Hardworking:
2. Connected your past learning to accuracy? 1. How did you overcome the obstacles and difficulties
new learning? 2. What things can you now do that you faced during your learning journey?
3. Taken what you have learnt now don’t require active thinking? 2. How did you train yourself to move forward in
and applied it to a new situation? 3. You can write about it in your adverse conditions?
notebook.
Plenary
• Answer questions text book
page
• 117-118 (Chemistry)