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Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

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  • 12 questions
  • 33 marks
  • about 32 minutes
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Question types: multiple choice, matching, short answer, true or false, sorting.

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Which type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and hardens?

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Learn how the three types of rock form, how to tell them apart from their crystals, grains and layers, and where to find a real UK example of an igneous and a sedimentary rock.

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Lesson outline

  1. Hook
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. Teach — three UK rocks in their landscapes
  5. Teach — three rock textures through a hand lens
  6. I Do
  7. Hinge Check
  8. We Do
  9. Task — Sort eight rock descriptions into the three rock types
  10. Task — Explain how two rocks formed
  11. Self-Check
  12. Homework
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