Level
4
General characteristics of language of
level
demonstrate knowledge/understanding; use science
names; identify in diagrams; use keys; recognise and
describe relationships; describe differences; describe
methods; make simple predictions; make generalisations;
explain simple phenomena
8H The Rock cycle
Target to achieve level
name three types of rock
describe some characteristics of each rock type
describe how igneous rock is formed
5
demonstrate an increasing K/U; describe the main
functions; understand the importance of; explain the
differences; distinguish between; use knowledge to
suggest; use some abstract ideas in familiar phenomena;
use simple models to explain effects
relate crystal size to rate of cooling
describe distinctive features of rock types
distinguish between different rock types
6
use K/U to describe/explain- more than one factor; use
appropriate terminology; distinguish between processes;
identify differences/similarities; describe some causes;
use word equations; use abstract ideas in unfamiliar
contexts; give applications of
distinguish between processes of rock formation
identify different processes in an experimental model of the rock cycle
sequence a list of processes that occur in the rock cycle
7
make links; explain processes; explain adaptation; identify
features; construct models; explain differences; apply
knowledge; use patterns to make predictions;
calculations; apply abstract ideas to explain
explain in terms of the particle model how different rates of cooling lead to different
crystal sizes
explain why a thicker band of metamorphic rock is formed in one place compared to
another