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
Help your pupils to understand how igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks are formed and how the rock cycle is the movement of rocks from one group to another. Examples of rocks in each group are referred to throughout the clip and pupils are encouraged to look at the rocks and identify how they are being used.
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