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Science - Y5 – Living and non-living things – week 9
THE HOUSE ON A ROCK

Matthew 7:24 ‘Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine

and puts them into practice is like a wise man who

built his house on a rock.’

Granite Marble Chalk

Use the hardness test to fill in the hardness of your rocks. Start with the three above then
find others.

Test Hardness
Scratched with a finger nail 1-2
Scratched with a coin 3

Scratched with a blunt knife 4-5
Scratched with a file 6-7
Will scratch glass 8-10

Name of Rock Hardness Hard or Soft?

granite

marble

chalk

My hardest rock was ________________________

My softest rock was _________________________

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