Where does soil come from Rocks and Soils

Where does soil come from? Rocks and Soils

Steps to success 1) To understand what happens to rocks over time. 2) To know what soil is made from. 3) To create a storyboard showing how soil is created.

What types of rocks are made at each layer? What can you remember?

Ah, the open sea! Nothing better than knowing you are on solid ground! Out at sea! What? Solid Ground? You´re nuts! Can you explain what the captain means?

The Ground below us There always rocks somewhere underneath us! But what might be between us and that rock?

Then was the river that Over there time, Roger Rock swept past That river Roger Rock waslooked hard! People crumbled tohim. stone. However, One day, Roger at would rub little rocks against broke hammers and spades When In the middle sun of shone winter, on him hison in even those stones got smaller himself and noticed he looked The powder mixed with bits of him over and over again. When hisdifferent hard, rocky shape. He was the cracks dayplants filled he swelled with water. up. When The and smaller! As they were so from before. He he rotting that had bacteria the rocks rubbed him little proud of being unbreakable. was water cold froze, at night, and the he shrank! icestuff began rubbed and banged together by realised now that he had the and tiny funghi. All this pieces wore off. Then, when However, he was getting After to push allat of him. this Then… growing CRACK! and the river they became even wrong name! mixed with air and water. the river swept bigsplit rocks past worried. Strange things were shrinking The ice made bits turned him were starting to smaller. They toand gravel, him they would smash off othera happening to him. He seemed break more pieces off! were falling off! then grains of sand finally ¨I´m Simon Soil!¨ he said! pieces from himsmaller! and carry them to be getting fine powder! away! Clcik me to have a look at why a rock changes! The story of Roger Rock

What happened in the story? 1 2 3 4 5 6 Work with a partner. Can you remember the stages?

Your Task Tell the story of Roger Rock