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Lesson Four – Soils

This science teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify and sort different types of rocks and other organic matter that can be found in a selection of soils into matching groups.
The class can explain how and why they have sorted the different materials found in soils into matching groups using the correct vocabulary words to match each material property.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and sort different types of rocks and other organic matter that can be found in a selection of soils into matching groups
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the different materials that can be found in soil and a template to select and and record observations about some of the different materials that can be sorted into matching groups from soil samples.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore some of the rocks and other organic matter that can be found in soils into groups.
This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to identify, compare and classify different types of rocks, soils and fossils according to their matching material properties for appearance, texture and substance. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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