FIELDWORK

Title & Description	English	More Ideas and Videos
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
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
Fieldwork: ‘All powerful’ strategy Discussing geological histories in imaginative ways	All powerful
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
Fieldwork: Envronmental evaluation Developing a strategy for evaluating the environment	Environmental evaluation
Fieldwork: Interactive re-creation Activities using simple transportable apparatus to simulate features in the field	Interactive re-creation
Fieldwork: Now and then – spotting the difference How did the conditions differ between today and when the rock was formed?	Now and then
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
Recreating the rocks – step by step Simulating a dipping sedimentary rock sequence though a sequence of Earthlearningideas	Recreating the rocks
View to the future – and the past Using a viewpoint or overview educationally	View to the future – and the past

GEOPHYSICS

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Electrical ground probing Measuring the electrical resistance of the ground to find buried objects	Electrical ground probing
Modelling remote sensing geophysics (ELI+) Using a mock gravitometer and magnetometer set up in the classroom	Remote sensing geophysics
Under pressure (ELI+) Calculating the intense pressure underground	Under pressure
Water pressure - underground (ELI+) Demonstrating how hydrostatic pressure increases with depth	Water pressure underground

MAGNETISM

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Frozen magnetism (ELI+) Preserving evidence of a past magnetic field in wax	Frozen magnetism	Teaching video
Human magnets! (ELI+) Modelling ancient and modern magnetic fields, using your pupils	Human magnets!
Magnetic Earth (ELI+) Modelling the magnetic field of the Earth	Magnetic Earth	Teaching video Extension
Magnetic stripes (ELI+) Modelling the symmetrical magnetic pattern of the rocks of the sea floor	Magnetic stripes	Teaching video
Magnetic stripes- Hands on magnetic stripes (ELI+) Demonstrating how oceanic ridge magnetic stripes form with several pair of hands	Hands on magnetic stripes
Recipe for a magnetic Earth and a magnetic detector Using a stress ball and small magnet, with a needle and thread to model magnetic Earth	Magnetic Earth and magnetic detector	Teaching video
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	Teaching video

MAPWORK

Title & Description	English	More Ideas and Videos
Geological mapwork from scratch 1: a conical hill (ELI+) Draw your own cross sections - of increasing difficulty	Mapwork 1: conical hill
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Opengeoscience 1: igneous intrusions and lavas Opening geological maps to the world	Opengeoscience 1
Opengeoscience 2: tilted and folded rocks Opening geological maps to the world	Opengeoscience 2
Teaching geology to students with visual impairment (VI) Modifying block models to teach map-work to students who cannot see	Block models in mapwork for students with VI

OCEANOGRAPHY

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Atmosphere and ocean in a tank: High flow, low flow? Hot, cold and particle-filled density currents as they flow in the atmosphere and ocean	Atmosphere and ocean in a tank	Extension Video Teaching Video
Atmosphere and ocean in a lunchbox A model for all pupils – of hot, cold and cloudy density currents	Atmosphere and ocean in a lunchbox
Exploring current flows through straits Testing the L. F. Marsili model of Bosphorus currents (1680)	Current flows through straits (Marsili model)
Lost at sea – the amazing journeys of rubber ducks around the world Studying ocean currents following the Friendly Floatees ocean spill	Rubber ducks at sea
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
Sea-floor mapping 2 - Modelling sea-floor mapping How to simulate an echo-sounder study of seafloor topography	Modelling sea-floor mapping
Sea-floor mapping 3 - Sounding the Pacific Ocean An echo sounder traverse of the eastern Pacific	East Pacific traverse
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’
Sea level in a plastic cup Eight ways to change the water level in a plastic cup – and global sea level	Sea level in a plastic cup