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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Rocks, Human and physical geography
Discover how igneous rocks become sedimentary rocks, and then metamorphic rocks, with this simplified version of the rock cycle.
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