Introduction to Lyme Regis beach video
Visit Lyme Regis beach in Dorset with Maia and Keiran as they ask questions about rocks and fossils.
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Living things and their habitats, Rocks, Evolution and inheritance, Human and physical geography
See how sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks are formed, using milk and white chocolate grains and layers put under heat and pressure and discover which rocks belong to each group.
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