Science - What are rocks and where do they come from?

 Today we had our first lesson in the Phiz lab, and began to think about our new unit of learning on 'Rocks & Soils'. After we read our unit text, 'The Street beneath our feet', we discussed all the different layers of soil, and types of rock, along with the different layers of our planet, Earth. We learned that all rocks, can be classified into three groups; Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic. Next week we will be exploring rocks through Minecraft - which we are very excited about!





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