Be a rock detective challenge delivery guide
A delivery guide for teachers giving background to the challenge and providing suggestions for how to use the resources.
How can I use this with my class?
Use these resources to lead students through a real-world challenge where they learn about rock types, explore their properties, and discover careers related to rocks. The presentations can be used to give students the required level of knowledge needed and walk them through the challenge.
Students can design their experiment using the planning sheet. For more support, the worksheets scaffold students to design their investigations. Finally, use the self-check sheet for reflection on learning and skills building.
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Be a rock detective challenge presentation
Use this presentation to introduce this real-world challenge in which pupils help a real rock scientist investigate the properties of rocks.
Be a rock detective planning sheet
Plan an investigation into the properties of rocks with this investigation planning sheet.
Which fabrics are permeable? activity sheet
Use this activity sheet to plan and record an investigation into fabric porosity, as a model for investigating rock porosity.
Which rocks are porous? activity sheet
Use this activity sheet to plan and record an investigation into rock porosity.
Be a rock detective self-check
Plan an investigation into the properties of rocks with this investigation planning sheet.
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Meet a palaeontologist presentation
Use this presentation to inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career and link learning about rocks and fossils to the real-world.
Meet a palaeontologist job card
Inspire your pupils to think about a future career and link learning about rocks and fossils to the real-world, with this job-role card.
Meet a petrologist presentation
Use this presentation to inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career and link learning about rocks to the real-world.
Meet a petrologist job card
Inspire your pupils to think about a future career and link learning about rocks to the real-world, with this job-role card.
Meet a petrologist video
Watch Marli, a mineral resources petrologist (who studies rocks) at work and find out about the knowledge and skills she needs for success.
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