Careers linked to rocks and fossils poster
Make meaningful links between science curriculum knowledge and skills, and potential future careers with this inspirational careers poster focusing on rocks and fossils.
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Interactive science games
All the essential knowledge and need-to-know facts on topics in the science curriculum. Use to introduce a topic or to support students.
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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.
Meet a petrologist
Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.
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Meet a palaeontologist
Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.
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Super scientist: Mary Anning
Learn about fossils and tongue twisters through the life story of Mary Anning, the fossil hunter!
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Rocks and Fossils
Learn about real-world examples of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks and fossils, plus learn how each rock type is formed.
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Rock properties
Explore different rock properties and learn about varying scientific methodologies and practices.
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The rock cycle
Explore the rock cycle, the the formation of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and discover some of their features.
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Identifying and grouping rocks
Explore group rocks according to their type, minerals, properties and uses with this virtual rock kit and quiz.
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Be a rock detective challenge
Learn about rock types, explore their properties, and discover careers related to rocks.
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Be a fossil detective
Become a fossil detective exploring animal adaptations and make suggestions about how they lived.
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Air resistance
Explore air resistance and build on practical science skills with animations and interactive experiments
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Primary posters
Covering the rock cycle, planets in our solar system, fossils and more, find vibrant posters that are perfect for your classroom wall. Spark group conversations while providing pupils with the need-to-know facts on a topic in the science curriculum.
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Which rock am I? matching card game
These information cards help pupils identify and name different rocks and develop their knowledge of rock properties and uses.
Grouping and classifying rocks video
Maia and Keiran observe rocks on Lyme Regis beach and investigate the properties of granite and sandstone.
Super scientists
Discover some of the worlds greatest 'Super scientists' from the modern day and history.
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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.
Be a rock detective self-check
Plan an investigation into the properties of rocks with this investigation planning sheet.
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 challenge presentation
Use this presentation to introduce this real-world challenge in which pupils help a real rock scientist investigate the properties of rocks.
Mary Anning write a tongue twister
Pupils are introduced to tongue twisters and write one of their own, using this activity sheet
Mary Anning life story quiz
Ten question quiz about the life and career of fossil hunter and super scientist Mary Anning, for use with the life story information sheet.
Mary Anning life story
Simple information sheet describing the life, career and achievements of fossil hunter and super scientist, Mary Anning.