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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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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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Put rocks in a garden to catch and store heat energy in places where it is needed. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Hear a story of how rocks were made and are still moving very slowly. |
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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 |
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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Air |
Stars, Sun, Moon, Planets |
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Read a compass to find North, South, East and West |
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Air |
Stars, Sun, Moon, Planets |
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Visualise an imaginary journey into space - experiencing weightlessness and the silence of space, seeing the Earth and moon from outer space, and feeling the immensity of the universe. |
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Air |
Stars, Sun, Moon, Planets |
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Take a map of a garden the children are observing and create an "overlay map" of the shadows at different times of day. Place a piece of tracing paper over the map and invite children draw the shadows that they observe on the paper. Repeat this at different times of day/year. |
