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