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Educational Units

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Educational Units
Unit Subject QCA equivalent Content Word PDF
1: Hot stuff Science years 5 and 6 Unit 5D: Changing state
Unit 6D: Reversible and irreversible changes		 Uses cement manufacture as a means of explaining how materials go through changes to become valuable to our daily lives
Unit 3D: Rocks and soils		 Download Unit 1: Hot Stuff as a Word document Download Unit 1: Hot Stuff as a PDF
2: Rock on Science year 3 Unit 3C: Characteristics of materials
Unit 3D: Rocks and soils		 Explores how we depend upon rocks, using cement - making as a focus Download Unit 2: Rock On as a Word document Download Unit 2: Rock On as a PDF
3: Living near a cement works Geography year 4 Unit 8: Improving the environment Encourages pupils to think about the potential local impacts of a major industry and suggests fieldwork Download Unit 3: Living Near A Cement Works as a Word document Download Unit 3: Living Near A Cement Works as a PDF
4: On the road Geography year 5 Unit 12: Should the high street be closed to traffic? Invites pupils to investigate the effects of traffic generated by an industry and to make recommendations for improvements Download Unit 4: Should the High Street Be Closed To Traffic? as a Word document Download Unit 4: Should the High Street Be Closed To Traffic? as a PDF
5: You decide Geography year 5
Citizenship key stage 2		 Unit 20: Local Traffic - an environmental Issue.
Unit 20: Local democracy for young citizens		 Uses a proposal for a new cement works and quarry to explore the importance of debate on local issues Download Unit 5: You Decide as a Word document Download Unit 5: You Decide as a PDF

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