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
Mapping “structures” on the playing field An exercise in measuring strike and dip	Mapping “structures” on the playing field

GEOMORPHOLOGY

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Picturing Landforms -1 Visualise and draw landforms from a verbal description	Picturing landforms 1
Picturing Landforms -2 Visualise and draw landforms from a verbal description	Picturing landforms 2
Picturing Landforms -3 Visualise and draw landforms from a verbal description	Picturing landforms 3
Picturing Landforms -4: Mass Movement A Visualise and draw landforms from a verbal description	Picturing landforms 4: Mass Movement A
Picturing Landforms -5: Mass Movement B Visualise and draw landforms from a verbal description	Picturing landforms 5: Mass Movement B

GEOPHYSICS

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Correlation between boreholes Illustrating uncertainty in ground investigations using Lego TM	Uncertainty in ground investigations
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 Manchester Measuring changes in magnetic declination to investigate the Earth’s core.	Magnetic Manchester
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)
Laser Quest 1 - below the waves Seeing evidence for plate tectonics beneath the oceans - using echo sounding	Laser_Quest 1 - below the waves
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