OUR FEET UNDER IT’S AWESOME ABOVE YOUR HEAD We all know there is lots of interesting stuff up in the sky There are beautiful birds amazing airplanes and cool clouds We can even use a telescope to see miles and miles into the sky all the way into space We can see the moon the sun and the stars We can see other planets meteors and even whole galaxies There’s plenty to see when you look up PLANETS COOL CLOUDS AIRPLANES AMAZING STARS GALAXIES TELESCOPE SUN MOON BEAUTIFUL BIRDS 4
IT’S AMAZING ALL AROUND YOU The world around you is a pretty interesting place too wherever you are There are mountains and valleys natural wonders and human made skylines wherever you look Living in the spaces between are the people plants and animals that make up life on Earth They are all around you all different and all fascinating There’s so much to see LOOK DOWN Have you ever thought about what’s there when you look down though Ever wondered how mountains get so tall Have you seen a rock that came from outer space Do you know which tiny rock is more valuable than your house Even looking boring rocks sand and clifftops have an amazing story to tell so let’s grab a shovel and dig deep 5
LET’S ROCK DID YOU KNOW The surface of the Earth is made of rock although some is hidden under the water Rocks can form huge mountains or tiny grains of sand Some rocks on Earth came from outer space There are rivers of hot liquid rock here on this very planet 6 There is a rock that is light enough to float on water See page 18 for SPAC E ROCKS There’s so much to see Up here on the street But it’s even more interesting Under our feet
MINERALS FACT FILE ROCKS Minerals are natural solid chemicals that form as crystals Rocks are hard natural materials Rocks are made up of one or more minerals Rocks and minerals are both usually solid Rocks and minerals are not alive and have never been alive COMMON ROCKS SANDSTONE GRANITE FLINT PUMICE ROCK STARS People who study rocks minerals and the Earth are called geologists They study our planet’s history through the rocks it is made of and study landslides earthquakes and volcanoes They can study metals and ores or look at natural materials of the Earth such as coal and oil Some try to understand the changes that the land weather and climate have been through by studying the rocks left behind CHALK MARBLE COAL 7
