It should be -
- based on relatively simple ideas (i.e. not requiring high levels of abstract thinking);
- either using apparatus likely to be found in a normal school science laboratory, or simple apparatus that might be available in classrooms with few resources, or no apparatus at all;
- written to the Earthlearningidea format using Earthlearningidea headings, on just 2 pages
Earthlearningidea template.docx and Earthlearningidea template - explained.docx
If your idea meets our criteria, we will be very happy to edit and publish it.
We shall continue to publish one Earthlearningidea (ELI) or Earthlearningidea plus (ELI+) every two weeks.
We look forward to hearing from you!
The Earthlearningidea Team.
We wish to express our very grateful thanks to many people who have contributed to ELI, especially to the following for writing a complete draft activity:-
- Cynthia Burek, Professor of Geoconservation, University of Chester ELI - Mary Anning, Mother of Palaeontology
- José Sellés Martínez - AulaGEA, a service for teachers and learners of the Dept. of Geology of the University of Buenos Aires ELI - Merry waves - all year round; modelling how the energy of seismic waves is transmitted
- Eileen van der Flier-Keller, Associate Professor at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Canada ELI - Bubble-mania - clues to magma viscosity and eruptions
- Daniel Reis and fellow students studying for Masters’ degrees in Biology and Geology at the University of Oporto, Portugal ELI - Identifying minerals - use your sense(s)!
- Mike Parker, Lucy Pilkington, Emma Turner, Keele University trainee science/geology teachers based on an activity designed by the Science Department of Congleton High School ELI - A core activity; piecing together evidence for the composition of the Earth's core
- Giulia Realdon, University of Camerino, Italy – UNICAM Earth group ELI - Exploring current flows through straits: Testing the L. F. Marsili model of Bosphorus currents (1680)
- Ana Guarinos, inspired by an activity carried out by professors of the University of Salamanca in the Spanish Geology Olympiad of 2017 ELI - What is it made of? Relate each mineral or rock to the everyday object containing it