Properties of materials
Compare and group different kinds of rocks based on their appearance and simple physical properties such as hardness, texture, and colour
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Can your child examine a collection of rocks and sort them by whether they're hard or crumbly, rough or smooth, and light or dark?
Compare and group different kinds of rocks based on their appearance and simple physical properties such as hardness, texture, and colour
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Check understanding
- Describe at least three observable properties of rocks: hardness, texture, colour, grain size
- Sort a collection of rocks into groups based on chosen properties
- Compare two rocks and describe how their properties differ
“Can your child examine a collection of rocks and sort them by whether they're hard or crumbly, rough or smooth, and light or dark?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Earth's Systems
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
Standards