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Play Rocks, Soils & Fossils Lab
Compare supplied rock properties, interpret soil composition and drainage evidence, and choose a simple fossil-formation sequence. Saving is off unless you choose it.
Choose a simple body-fossil formation sequence and distinguish descriptions of remains, moulds, casts and traces. Real fossil identification and independently explaining a sequence are not assessed.
Year 3 · Science
Fossils
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Focus on how fossils are formed. Open support for “Examine What Fossils Are”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 3 learners practise how fossils are formed.
The activities include Examine What Fossils Are, Find Out About Fossils in Rocks, Identify Rocks with Fossils in Them, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, interactive, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Examine What Fossils Are — support from Oak National Academy
- Find Out About Fossils in Rocks — support from Oak National Academy
- Identify Rocks with Fossils in Them — support from Oak National Academy
- Explore How Fossils Form — support from Oak National Academy
- Learn About Fossils — support from Oak National Academy
- Look at Different Fossils — support from Oak National Academy
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How Fossils Are Formed
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Science: Rocks: Weathering and Erosion Year 3 Lesson 3
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Science: Rocks: How Are Fossils Formed? Year 3 Lesson 4
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