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Back in time “Alligators spotted in London” @ELI_Earth - July 1
Retrieving and communicating information |
 Back in time |
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Bauble quiz
Fun for all the family – and your class |
Bauble quiz |
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Boring chocolate!
What can boreholes tell us about the Earth? |
Boreholes |
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Core activity (ELI+)
Piecing together evidence for the composition of the Earth’s core |
Core activity |
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Darwin’s ‘big coral atoll idea’
Try thinking like Darwin did to solve the coral atoll mystery |
Darwin‘s ‘big coral atoll idea’ |
 Video |
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Do-it-yourself dip and strike model (with DIY clinometer) (ELI+)
Using a model to measure and understand dip, dip direction, strike and apparent dip |
DIY Dip and strike model |
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Earth science out-of-doors: preserving the evidence
What evidence of the present times might we find in a million years from now? |
Earth science out-of-doors |
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Earthquakes in art
Developing a scientific report based on evidence in historic paintings |
Earthquakes in art |
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Electrical ground probing
Measuring the electrical resistance of the ground to find buried objects |
Electrical ground probing |
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Fieldwork: ‘All powerful’ strategy
Discussing geological histories in imaginative ways |
All powerful |
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Fieldwork: Applying ‘the present is the key to the past’
An outdoor activity to apply the present to the past - using Earth science-thinking in reverse |
Present is the key to the past |
Teaching Video |
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Fieldwork: Envronmental evaluation
Developing a strategy for evaluating the environment |
Environmental evaluation |
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Fieldwork: Interactive re-creation
Activities using simple transportable apparatus to simulate features in the field |
Interactive re-creation |
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Fieldwork: Now and then – spotting the difference
How did the conditions differ between today and when the rock was formed? |
Now and then |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face - Planning for fieldwork
Preparing your pupils before setting out to “ask questions for any rock face” |
Questions for any rock face - planning |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 1: weathering
What questions about weathering might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - weathering |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 2: erosion
What questions about erosion might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - erosion |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 3: soil
What questions about soil might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - soil |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 4: rock group (sedimentary or igneous)
What questions about the type of rock might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - rock group (sedimentary or igneous) |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 5: sedimentary grains
What questions about sedimentary grains might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - sedimentary grains |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 6: fossils
What questions about fossils might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - fossils |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 7: tilted or folded rocks
What questions about tilted or folded rocks might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - tilted or folded rocks |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 8: faults
What questions about faults might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - faults |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 9: metamorphic rock
What questions about metamorphism might be asked at any metamorphic rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - metamorphic rocks |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 10: sequencing
What questions about sequencing geological events might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - sequencing geological events |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 11: tectonic plates
What questions about relationships to tectonic plates might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - tectonic plates |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 12: potential of the quarry or cutting
What questions about the potential of the site might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - potential |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 13: quarry economics
What questions about potential for quarry re-opening might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - economics |
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Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 14: recording
What questions about recording geological data might be asked at any rock exposure? |
Questions for any rock face - recording geological data |
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Fieldwork safety: The ‘What could hurt you here?’ approach to field safety
Teaching how to keep safe during fieldwork and other outdoor activities |
Fieldwork safety |
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Fieldwork: The view from the site
Using the view of the local area to tune yourself into the local geology |
The view from the site |
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Fieldwork: The ‘What makes a good educational experience’ approach to planning fieldwork
Thinking through the fieldwork strategies that are most likely to inform and inspire |
Fieldwork strategies (ELI for Educators) |
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Fieldwork: Urban fieldwork – the stories from materials, colours, lines and shapes
Find out the stories told by materials used in building and for decoration |
Urban fieldwork |
Teaching Video |
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From an orange to the whole Earth
Using an orange to model different densities of the Earth’s layers |
From an orange to the whole Earth |
Teaching video
Video (Portuguese intro)
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From clay balls to the structure of the Earth (ELI+)
A discussion of how physics can be used to probe Earth’s structure |
From clay balls to the structure of the Earth |
Teaching video
Extension |
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Geo-art: paintings to sculptures inspired by all things ‘geo’
Create your own geo-artwork |
Geo-art |
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Geo-literature: poems and stories inspired by all things ‘geo’
Create your own geo-poem or story |
Geo-literature |
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Geo-music - music inspired by all things ‘geo’
Create your own geo-music |
Geo-music |
Extension |
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Geobattleships (ELI+)
Do earthquakes and volcanoes coincide? |
Geobattleships |
Teaching video |
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Geological mapwork from scratch 1: a conical hill (ELI+)
Draw your own cross sections - of increasing difficulty |
Mapwork 1: conical hill |
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Geological mapwork from scratch 2: valley with simple geology (ELI+)
Draw your own cross sections and 3D geological model |
Mapwork 2: valley with simple geology |
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Geological mapwork from scratch 3: valley with dipping geology (ELI+)
Draw your own cross sections and 3D geological model |
Mapwork 3: valley with dipping geology |
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Geological mapwork from models 1: plain with simple geology (ELI+)
Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a flat region |
Mapwork from models 1: plain with simple geology |
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Geological mapwork from models 2: cuesta with simple geology (ELI+)
Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a cuesta |
Mapwork from models 2: cuesta with simple geology |
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Geological mapwork from models 3: valley with horizontal floor (ELI+)
Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a valley with a horizontal floor |
Mapwork from models 3: valley with horizontal floor |
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Geological mapwork from models 4: sloping ridge and valley (ELI+)
Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a sloping ridge/valley area |
Mapwork from models 4: sloping ridge and valley |
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Geological mapwork from models 5: folded geology on block models (ELI+)
Draw and make your own 3D models of areas with folded rocks |
Mapwork from models 5: folded geology |
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Geological mapwork from models 6: plain with faults in the direction of dip (ELI+)
Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a flat region with faulted rocks |
Mapwork from models 6: plain with faults in direction of dip |
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Geological mapwork from models 7: plain with faults parallel to the outcrops of the beds (ELI+)
Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a flat region with faulted rocks |
Mapwork from models 7: plain with faults parallel to the outcrops |
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Geological mapwork from models 8: plain with different types of fault (ELI+)
Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a flat region with faulted rocks |
Mapwork from models 8: plain with different types of fault |
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Geological mapwork: using surface geology to make a geological map (ELI+)
Match the photos to a map to see how a geological map works |
Mapwork - surface geology |
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Geological postcards 1 - granite and chalk
Picture postcard puzzles |
Postcards - granite and chalk |
‘Global’ postcards - granite and chalk |
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Geological postcards 2 - sandstone and limestone
Picture postcard puzzles |
Postcards - sandstone and limestone |
‘Global’ postcards - sandstone, limestone |
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How can the ice core evidence for climate change be explained? (ELI+)
An educational opportunity for discussing evidence, hypotheses and possible responses |
Ice core evidence for climate change |
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Jelly BabiesTM approach to understanding 3D geological maps (ELI+)
Use Jelly BabiesTM cut at the dip angle to highlight structures on geological maps |
Jelly BabiesTM and 3D maps |
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Jigging
Using density to separate different materials |
Jigging |
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Journey to the centre of the Earth - on a toilet roll
Just how thin is the crust we live on? |
Journey to centre of Earth |
Teaching video |
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Melting ice and sea level change 1
Does sea level change when floating sea ice melts? |
Melting ice and sea level change 1 |
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Melting ice and sea level change 2
Does sea level change when ice caps melt? |
Melting ice and sea level change 2 |
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Opengeoscience 1: igneous intrusions and lavas
Opening geological maps to the world |
Opengeoscience 1 |
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Opengeoscience 2: tilted and folded rocks
Opening geological maps to the world |
Opengeoscience 2 |
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Oxygen isotope sweet simulation (ELI+)
Demonstrating how the oxygen isotope proxy records past Earth temperatures |
Oxygen isotope sweet simulation |
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Oxygen isotopes - Interpret Earth temperatures from simulated deep-sea and ice cores (ELI+)
Using sweets to simulate oxygen isotope ratios in cores |
Oxygen isotope ratios in cores |
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Party time for volcanoes! (ELI+)
How much force does it take to set off a party popper “volcano”? |
Party time for volcanoes |
Teaching video
Extension |
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Playground continents
A palaeogeography in your school yard |
Playground continents |
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Recreating the rocks – step by step
Simulating a dipping sedimentary rock sequence though a sequence of Earthlearningideas |
Recreating the rocks |
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Sea-floor mapping 1 - Measuring the depths of seas and oceans: How is it done?
A simple demonstration of how we measure sea floor depths and relief |
Measuring the depths of seas and oceans |
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Sea-floor mapping 2 - Modelling sea-floor mapping
How to simulate an echo-sounder study of seafloor topography |
Modelling sea-floor mapping |
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Sea-floor mapping 3 - Sounding the Pacific Ocean
An echo sounder traverse of the eastern Pacific |
East Pacific traverse |
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Sea-floor mapping 4 - Marie Tharp: ‘The valley will be coming up soon.’ Bruce Heezen: ‘What valley?’
‘A woman scientist in a man’s world’ - what was it like? |
Marie Tharp: ‘A woman scientist in a man’s world’ |
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Slinky seismic waves demo
Using slinkies to show how earthquakes produce P-, S- and surface waves |
Slinky seismic waves |
Teaching video |
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Take a ‘Chance’ on the volcano erupting (ELI+)
How hazardous is the volcano? |
Take a ‘Chance’ on the volcano erupting |
Teaching video
Extension |
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View to the future – and the past
Using a viewpoint or overview educationally |
View to the future – and the past |
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Waves in the Earth 1 - the slinky simulation (ELI+)
Using a long spring to find out how earthquake waves travel through the Earth |
Waves through the Earth 1 |
Teaching video |
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Waves in the Earth 2 - Human molecules (ELI+)
Pupils are pushed around to demonstrate the properties of seismic waves |
Waves through the Earth 2 |
Teaching video |
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What could we measure to find out if climate change is happening here?
What climate change indicators could be measured in our own backyard or school grounds? |
Measuring climate change |
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What do the top and bottom of a tectonic plate look like?
Questions to test understanding of plate tectonic processes |
Top and bottom of a tectonic plate |
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What is the geological history?
Sequencing events to reveal a history using simple stratigraphic principles |
What is the geological history? |
Extension |
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When will it blow? - predicting eruptions
How a simple tiltmeter can demonstrate the bulging of a volcano before eruption |
When will it blow? - predicting eruptions |
Video
Extension
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Why won’t my compass work on the other side of the Equator? (ELI+)
Understanding the three-dimensional magnetic field of the Earth |
3D Magnetic field |
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William Smith - ‘The Father of English Geology’ (ELI+)
Thinking like William Smith |
William Smith |
Extension |
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Holiday ELIs: Once upon a time, long, long ago . . . A geological fairytale |
Geological fairytale |
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Bauble quiz
Fun for all the family – and your class |
Bauble quiz |