GoldRocks: Lesson 2 - Naming and Classifying (year 3)
This resource will help you teach children how to compare and group rocks together into the three different rock categories, explore how and why they might have changed over time and use a magnifying glass or microscope to help identify and classify rocks.
The PDF file provides notes for the teachers. It contains keywords, an index for the accompanying PowerPoint presentation and a worksheet.
The editable PowerPoint classroom presentation displays the lesson content (select the orange button to download). Please use ‘Slide Show’ mode to activate animations.
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