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Tectonics: What Students should already knowStudents should ideally already have some knowledge of tectonics from the primary curriculum sections on Science and Geography. However, what students should know and what they actually know can be two very different things.
At KS2 the Geography curriculum states that pupils should be able to 'describe and understand key aspects of mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes'. In KS2 Science, the students should also have developed a basic understanding that rocks are made from organic matter. KS3 Science states that students must learn about the structure of the Earth and its atmosphere. The students may already have covered part of this topic when they come to your tectonics lessons depending upon the differences subject/topic schedules. |