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Shifting surfaces

Week 23 · Theme 4 Change and Stability, Unit 4 Shifting Surfaces: Get Started, Concept 4.1 Breaking Down and Moving Rocks (A) · 3 lessons
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Draw the journey of a grain of sand in three boxes: a big rock, pieces carried by water, a beach. Write weathering, erosion and deposition on the arrows.
2
With a grown-up, find a smooth stone or a worn step. Explain how it may have become smooth.
3
Write three questions about a canyon. Start them with What, Why and How.
4
A beach loses 6 scoops of sand every hour to the waves. How many scoops after 4 hours?
5
Tell someone at home the difference between a slow and a quick change to the land. Give one example of each.
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