Year 3 Autumn 1 Topic

Rock Hard Superheroes

Read...
Look out for these books in your classroom, the Imagination Room or at Brierfield Library!  

Key vocabulary...

erosion
fossils
geology
igneous
Mary Anning
metamorphic  
mould and cast fossil
sedimentary
texture
weathering​

Fantastic facts...

  • There are three types of rocks: metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary.

  • About 50 of the 3000 types of minerals on Earth are gemstones like diamonds or rubies.
 
  • Some granite rocks in Australia are thought to be over 4 billion years old - much, much older than dinosaurs!
 
  • The Egyptian pyramids were made from sedimentary rocks such as limestone.
 
  • Fossils tell us about life that existed a long time ago – this is how we found out about dinosaurs. 

Explore...

The awesome DC Kids website has games, videos and comics to read.  Click on the picture to visit.
The Disney/Marvel website also has online games and how to draw tutorials.
Which superhero are you?  Find out with this Newsround quiz.

Visit...

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Reel Cinema - Burnley

Do...

  •   What is your Superhero name?  Use the chart below to find out.  Maybe you could create your own chart with different name ideas.
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  • Use everyday items from home, like paper plates, cardboard tubes and lollypop sticks to make superhero models and costumes.  

In school...

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Class Novel - Superhero Street by Phil Earle