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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Make artwork with the natural colours of stones e.g. grading from light to dark. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Build a shelter for minibeasts from stones. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Compare the growth of plants grown in the open, with plants grown near large rocks acting as heat stores (all other factors e.g. soil depth, should be kept equal). |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Identify common rocks in the region. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Build a cairn together with different stones. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Learn the main ways which rocks are formed (if children interested can use names igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) and how that relates to forming soils, thus our food. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Choose a stone with different patterns, colour, shape or size that you admire, then share and compare with friends. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Notice the presence of different quantities and types of rocks and stones in different landscapes. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Give thanks to stones and all the different things they give to us, e.g. warmth, buildings, walls, soil, a place for minibeasts to live. |
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Soil and stone |
Soil textures and soil tests |
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See, touch and smell different soils with different textures (can you work out what texture you have?): sand, silt, clay, and loam. |