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Weathering: mechanical, chemical and biological

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  • 32 marks
  • about 30 minutes
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About this resource

Rock is broken down all the time without anything carrying it away. You learn how weathering differs from erosion, how ice, acid rain and roots break rock apart, and how to explain which type you see in a photo.

15 slides.

Lesson outline

  1. Hook
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. Teach — weathering, erosion and three types
  5. Teach — freeze-thaw in four panels
  6. I Do
  7. Hinge Check
  8. Teach — carbonation of limestone
  9. We Do
  10. Task — Weathering or erosion?
  11. Task — Explain two types of weathering on the crag
  12. Self-Check
Unit bundleRocks, weathering and soils
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