Fast & Slow Earth Changes
Understand that Earth's surface changes: some changes are quick (eruptions, earthquakes) and some are slow (wind, water wearing away rock)
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If you point out a cliff being worn away by waves, can your child explain that this happens slowly, while a volcanic eruption or earthquake changes the land quickly?
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Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
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Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
compare the observable properties of soils, rocks and minerals and investigate why they are important Earth resources
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These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.