AC9S3U02

Elaborations

• AC9S3U02_E1examining different soils from local areas and using magnifying glasses to observe their components, such as pebbles, sand or plant matter as well as living things such as earthworms and insects
• AC9S3U02_E2exploring the school grounds or a local area and observing or collecting different types of rocks and describing similarities or differences such as texture, colour, grain or crystal size
• AC9S3U02_E3recognising that minerals are the building blocks of rocks and that the different characteristics of rocks depend on the minerals they are made up of
• AC9S3U02_E4identifying rocks as key components of the built and natural environment and recognising uses of minerals such as gemstones in jewellery, graphite in pencils, and table salt in food
• AC9S3U02_E5investigating First Nations Australians’ knowledges of different rock and mineral types, and how they were used such as for stone blades, grindstones and pigments
• AC9S3U02_E6describing ways in which living things including humans depend on soils, such as for food, growing plants, providing habitat for organisms, and holding and cleaning water
• AC9S3U02_E7examining information on plant tags and exploring the vocabulary used to describe soils and different plant soil requirements
• AC9S3U02_E8investigating which rocks or minerals are quarried or mined locally or regionally and how those resources are used