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Title Videos

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T1.1

Quake shake – will my home collapse? When an earthquake strikes – investigate why some buildings survive and others do not

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2 Sep 2007

F2.2d* T1.2

When will it blow? – predicting eruptions: how a simple tiltmeter can demonstrate the bulging of a volcano before eruption

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3 Oct 2007

T1.1

A tsunami through the window - what would you see, what would you feel? Asking pupils to picture for themselves what a tsunami through the window might look like

4 Nov 2007

G1.3 Rock detective – rocky clues to the past: investigating your local rocks to find out how they formed

5 Dec 2007

G4.2 Modelling for rocks: What’s hidden inside – and why? Investigating the permeability of rocks and how they let water, oil and gas flow through

6 7th Jan 2008

G3.1 Dig up the dinosaur - become a fossil hunter and dig up a dinosaur

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7 14th Jan

F3.1b* G1.3 What was it like to be there – in the rocky world? Bringing the formation of solid rock to life – by imagining yourself there when it formed

8 21st Jan

- Why does soil get washed away? Investigating why some farmers lose their soil through erosion whilst others do not

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9 28th Jan

G2.1 The Himalayas in 30 seconds! Making a miniature fold mountain range in an empty box

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10 4th Feb F2.1 The rock cycle in wax: using a candle to demonstrate the rock cycle processes

11 11th Feb

G1.3 Sand ripples in a washbowl: how asymmetrical ripple marks form in sand

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12 18th Feb

G1.3 Sand ripple marks in a tank: how symmetrical ripple marks form in sand

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13 25th Feb

G1.3 Mighty river in a small gutter: sediments on the move

14 3rd Mar G3.1 The meeting of the dinosaurs – 100 million years ago: the evidence given by dinosaur footprints

15 10th Mar

T1.1b

A landslide through the window - what would you see, what would you feel? Asking pupils to picture for themselves what a landslide through the window might look like

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16 17th Mar

G2.1 A valley in 30 seconds - pulling rocks apart: investigating faulting in an empty box

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17 24th Mar

G3.1 How to weigh a dinosaur: using a dinosaur footprint impression to estimate how heavy the animal was

18 31st Mar

T1.1a

Earthquake through the window - what would you see, what would you feel? - asking pupils to picture for themselves what an earthquake through the window might look like

19 7th Apr T1.1a

Surviving an earthquake - learn the earthquake drill and increase your chances of survival

20 14th Apr

7.2.3 Laying down the principles: sequencing the events that form rocks through applying stratigraphic principles

21 21st Apr

F2.1 Rock, rattle and roll: investigating the resistance of rocks to erosion by shaking in a plastic container

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22 28th Apr

- Permeability of soils – the great soil race: investigating the properties of different soils by pouring water on them

23 5th May G3.1 A dinosaur in the yard: was Iguanodon strolling in the sun, or fleeing in fear?

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24 12th May

G4.2 Trapped! Why can’t the oil and gas escape from their underground prison? Demonstrate how oil and gas can be trapped in reservoir rocks beneath the surface

25 19th May

G1.3 High flow. Low flow? - atmosphere and ocean in a tank: hot, cold and particle-filled density currents as they flow in the atmosphere and ocean

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26 26th May

G1.3 Earth science out of doors - preserving the evidence: what evidence of the present times might we find in a million years from now?

27 2nd Jun G1.3 Make your own rock: investigating how loose sediment may be stuck together to form a “rock”

28 9th Jun G3.1 Fossil or not? Discussion about what is a fossil and what is not

29 16th Jun

F2.1 Salt of the Earth: who can make the biggest salt crystal?

30 23rd Jun

F1.1 Eureka! - detecting ore the Archimedes way: measuring density using a stick, string, a ruler, a bucket and a bottle of water

31 30th Jun

G4.2 The space within - the porosity of rocks: investigating the amount of pore space between the ‘grains’ of a model ‘rock’

32 7th Jul F3.2 A time-line in your own backyard: hang pictures of the important events in the history of life on a string time-line

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33 14th Jul F2.3 Blow up your own volcano! Demonstrate the importance of gases in volcanic eruptions

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34 21st Jul T1.3c

Flood through the window - what would you see, how would you feel? Pupils picture for themselves what a major flood through the window might look like

35 28th Jul G3.1 Dinosaur death - did it die or was it killed? Was this a Cretaceous crime scene? - using rock and fossil forensic evidence to find out

36 4th Aug T1.3a

Quarry through the window - what would you see, what would you not see? Asking pupils to ‘picture’ what a ‘quarry through the window” might look like

37 11th Aug

G3.1 What was it like to be there? – bringing a fossil to life: a series of questions to bring fossils, and the environments in which they lived, to life

38 18th Aug

F2.3 See how they run: investigate why some lavas flow further and more quickly than others

39 25th Aug

-- Carbon goes round and round and round: make your own carbon cycle

40 1st Sep F3.2 What is the geological history? Sequencing events to reveal a history using simple stratigraphic principles

41 8th Sep G4.2 Where shall we drill for oil? Sorting out the sequence - oil prospect

42 15th Sep

F2.3 An eruption through the window: how could an eruption transform your view?- lava, ash, lahar or something worse

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43 22nd Sep

F2.2, G1.2 Metamorphism – that’s Greek for change of shape, isn’t it? What changes can we expect when rocks are put under great pressure in the Earth?

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44 29th Sep

- Space survival: how could we survive a year in a dome? Pupils plan to survive for a year in a sealed dome in a desert

45 6th Oct T1.1a

Tsunami: what controls the speed of a tsunami wave?

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46 13th Oct

F2.1 Weathering - rocks breaking up and breaking down: matching pictures and descriptions of weathered rocks with the processes of weathering that formed them

47 20th Oct

F2.1, F2.2 Cracking the clues: making your own cracking clues to the Earth's past

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48 27th Oct

- Rocks to eat? How we get the elements we need to stay healthy?

49 3rd Nov T1.2c

Earthquake prediction – when will the earthquake strike? Modelling the build-up of stress and sudden release in the Earth that creates earthquakes

50 10th Nov

F3.1f* G3.1 How could I become fossilised? Thinking through fossilisation in the context of me or you

51 17th Nov

G2.1 Squeezed out of shape: detecting the distortion after rocks have been affected by Earth movements

52 24th Nov

F2.1 Rock cycle through the window: the rock cycle processes you might be able to see - and those you can’t

53 1st Dec - Environmental detective: imagining how the evidence of modern environments could become preserved

54 8th Dec G4.2, T1.3* Groundwater From rain to spring: water from the ground: demonstrating how water flows through the ground – and how it can be used and polluted

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55 15th Dec

- The carbon cycle through the window: how much evidence of the carbon cycle can you see through the window?

56 22nd Dec

- Why does the Sun disappear? Demonstrate what happens when the Moon hides the Sun

57 29th Dec

Power through the window: which power source might be built in the view you can see from your window?

58 Jan 2009

- Darwin’s ‘big soil idea’: can you work out how Charles Darwin ‘discovered’ how soil formed?

59 Feb 2009

F4.1 From an orange to the whole Earth: using an orange to model different densities of the Earth's layers

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60 Mar 2009

F2.1 Grinding and gouging: how moving ice can grind away rocks

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61 Apr 2009

F2.1 Dust bowl: investigating wind erosion

62 May 2009

T1.3c

Dam burst danger: modelling the collapse of a natural dam in the mountains – and the disaster that might follow

63 June 2009

F3.1 Darwin’s ‘big coral atoll idea’: try thinking like Darwin did to solve the coral atoll mystery

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64 July 2009

G4.2 Make your own oil and gas reservoir: demonstrating how oil and water flow through permeable rocks

65 Aug 2009

G3.1 Trail-making: making your own ‘fossil’ animal trails

66 Sep 2009

F2.1 Sandcastles and slopes: what makes sandcastles and slopes collapse?

67 Oct 2009

- ‘Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink’: investigating how to get clean water from dirty ‘pond’ water

68 Nov 2009

3.2.1b Craters on the Moon: why are the Moon’s craters such different shapes and sizes?

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69 Dec 2009

4.1 Riches in the river: investigating how valuable ores may become concentrated on river beds

70 Jan 2010

F2.1b

The watery world of underground chemistry: using pH to link the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and lithosphere together

71 Jan 2010

F2.1b Cracking apart - simulating the weathering of rocks in a desert environment

72 Feb 2010

G3.1 Innocent until proven guilty - using forensic geoscience to solve the crime

73 Feb 2010

F2.1 Why do coastlines change shape? - Investigating wave erosion, transportation and deposition on a coastline

74 Mar 2010

F4.1 From clay balls to the structure of the Earth - a discussion of how physics can be used to probe Earth’s structure

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75 Mar 2010

F4.1 Magnetic Earth – modelling the magnetic field of the Earth.

76 Mar 2010

F4.1 Waves in the Earth 1: The slinky simulation - using a long spring to find out how earthquake waves travel through the Earth.

77 Apr 2010

F4.1 Waves in the Earth 2: human molecules

78 Apr 2010

F4.1 Bouncing, bending, breaking - modelling the properties of the Earth’s mantle with Potty Putty™ from a toy shop

79 May 2010

F4.2 Geobattleships - do earthquakes and volcanoes coincide?

80 May 2010

F4.1 Frozen magnetism - preserving evidence of a past magnetic field in wax

81 June 2010

F4.1 Magnetic stripes - modelling the symmetrical magnetic pattern of the rocks of the sea floor

82 June 2010

F2.2 Partial melting - simple process, huge global impact: how partial melting, coupled with plate tectonics, has changed the chemistry of our planet

83 July 2010

F4.1 Continents in collision - modelling processes at a destructive (convergent) plate margin

84 July 2010

F4.1 Model a spreading ocean floor offset by transform faults - a model of the transform fault ‘steps’ in oceanic ridges and their magnetic stripes

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85 Aug 2010

F4.1 The continental jigsaw puzzle - can you reassemble a super-continent from a ‘jigsaw puzzle’?

86 Aug ‘10 Mar 2020

F2.2c F4.2c GCSE 2.2f

A “mantle plume” in a beaker – but not driving plates Mantle plumes ‘yes’ – but convection currents driving plates, probably ‘No’ . Replacement for 86

87 Sep 2010

F4.2 Plate-riding - role-play plate-surfing to ask: ‘How is the plate you live on moving now?’

88 Sep 2010

F4.2 Plate tectonics through the window - What might you see through a window or porthole at an active plate margin?

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89 Oct 2010

F4.2 Wegener’s ‘Continental drift’ meets Wilson’s ‘Plate tectonics’ - how Wegener’s continental drift evidence matches up with evidence for plate tectonics

90 Oct 2010

F2.2 Volcano in the lab - modelling igneous processes in wax and sand

91 Oct 2010

F2.2 Party time for volcanoes! - How much force does it take to set off a party popper “volcano”?

92 Nov 2010

- Playground planets - modelling the relative sizes of the planets and their distances from the Sun

93 Nov 2010

F2.1, F3.2 James Hutton – or ‘Mr. Rock Cycle’? - thinking towards the rock cycle, the Hutton way

94 Dec 2010

F2.2 Why do igneous rocks have different crystal sizes? - investigating the relationships between crystal sizes and different rates of cooling

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95 Dec 2010

T2.2b Rock power: geothermal power simulations - modelling geothermal power sources – to show they are not renewable

96 Jan 2011

G4.3 Electrical ground probing - measuring the electrical resistance of the ground to find buried objects

97 Jan 2011

- Geological postcards 1: granite and chalk - picture postcard puzzles

98 Jan 2011

- Geological postcards 2: sandstone and limestone - picture postcard puzzles

99 Feb 2011

F2.2: G1.1 The unfair ‘build your own crystal’ race: A crystal-building ‘race’ showing the greater the time available, the larger the crystals

100 Feb 2011

F2.2: G1.1 ‘Crystallisation’ in a pudding dish: simulating the formation and growth of crystal lattices

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101 Mar 2011

T2.1

Geological mapwork from scratch 1: a conical hill - draw your own cross sections – of increasing difficulty

102 Mar 2011

T2.1

Geological mapwork from scratch 2: valley with simple geology - draw your own cross sections and 3D geological model

103 Apr 2011

- Earth’s atmosphere - step by step evolution: modelling the development of our current atmosphere.

104 Apr 2011

T3.2 Evidence from the deep freeze – under or near the ice sheets - photographs of glacial and periglacial landscapes

105 May 2011

T2.1

Geological mapwork from scratch 3: valley with dipping geology - draw your own cross sections and 3D geological model

106 May 2011

T2.1

Geological mapwork from models 1: plain with simple geology - draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a flat region

107 June 2011

T2.1

Geological mapwork from models 2: cuesta with simple geology - draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a cuesta

108 June 2011

F1.1 What am I made of? - a comparison of the chemistry of the human body and the rest of the Earth

109 July 2011

F.3.1a William Smith - ‘The Father of English Geology’ - thinking like William Smith

110 July 2011

T1.2 Take a ‘Chance’ on the volcano erupting - how hazardous is the volcano?

111 Aug 2011

T2.1

Geological mapwork from models 3: valley with horizontal floor - draw and make your own 3D model of the geology of a valley with a horizontal floor

112 Aug 2011

T1.2-3 Shaken but not stirred? How earthquakes affect buildings

113 Aug 2011

T2.1

Geological mapwork from models 4: sloping ridge and valley - draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a sloping ridge/valley

114 Sep 2011

T1.1

The balloon goes up at Krakatoa - using a tank and balloon to simulate the huge tsunamis caused by the eruption of Krakatoa

115 Sep 2011

G3.1 Mary Anning - Mother of Palaeontology “A woman in a man’s world”

116 Oct 2011

T2.1 Geological mapwork from models 5: folded geology on block models - draw and make your own 3D models of areas with folded rocks.

117 Oct 2011

T1.1b Danger – quicksands! Why do some rocks give way when it rains hard?

118 Nov 2011

F4.2 Margarine mountain-building - making mountains every time you make a sandwich

119 Nov 2011

G3.1 Curious creatures – using fossil and modern evidence to work out the lifestyles of extinct animals

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120 Dec 2011

G2.1 Banana benders - using a banana to simulate geological structures

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121 Dec 2011

F4.2 Merry waves – all year round: modelling how the energy of seismic waves is transmitted

122 Jan 2012

G2.1 Fluids, friction and failure - How can unseen fluids affect the movement along faults and glacier beds?

123 Jan 2012

T2.1

Geological mapwork from models 6: plain with faulted rocks in the direction of dip - draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a flat region with faulted rocks

124 Jan 2012

T2.1

Geological mapwork from models 7: plain with faults parallel to the outcrop of the beds - draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a flat region with faulted rocks.

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125 Feb 2012

T2.1

Geological mapwork from models 8: plain with faulted rocks - draw and make your own 3D model of the geology of a flat region with faulted rocks

126 Feb 2012

F2.2 Bubble-mania: the bubbling clues to lava viscosity and eruptions

127 Mar 2012

- Take it or leave it? – the geoconservation debate; when is collecting wrong, and when is it right? – try to decide for yourself

128 Mar 2012

G4.2 Interactive hydrothermal mineralisation - ‘The rock with the hole’ hydrothermal mineralisation demo

129 Apr 2012

T2.1*

Opengeoscience 1: igneous intrusions and lavas - opening geological maps to the world

130 Apr 2012

T2.1* Opengeoscience 2: tilted and folded rocks - opening geological maps to the world

131 May 2012

F1.1 Identifying minerals – use your sense(s)! - Minerals in the dark: identifying minerals when the lights fail

132 May 2012

G3.1 Sorting out the evolution of evolution headlines - lay out your own timeline of how the theory of evolution developed

133 June 2012

G4.1 Jigging - using density to separate different materials

134 June 2012

G2.1e Building Stones 1: a resource for several Earthlearningidea activities - use a key to identify many different attractive-looking rocks

135 July 2012

G2.1e Will my gravestone last? - testing scientific ideas in a graveyard

136 July 2012

T2.1* The do-it-yourself dip and strike model - using a model to measure and understand dip, dip direction, strike and apparent dip

137 Aug 2012

G2.1e Building Stones 2: Igneous rocks - What are the differences between igneous rocks commonly used as building stones?

138 Aug 2012

T2.1* Geological mapwork: using surface geology to make a geological map - match the photos to a map to see how a geological map works

139 Sep 2012

G4.2 Well, well, well! Making a working model of a well

140 Sep 2012

G2.1e Building Stones 3: Sedimentary rocks - How do the sedimentary rocks used for building stones differ?

141 Sep 2012

F3.2 Working out the age of the Earth: moving backwards as time moved forwards - link up your own timeline of how scientists worked out the age of the Earth

142 Oct 2012

G3.1 Who ate the ammonite? A Jurassic food web - from fossil evidence

143 Oct 2012

G2.1e Building Stones 4 - Metamorphic rocks. What are the differences between metamorphic rocks commonly used as building stones?

144 Nov 2012

- Water – a matter of taste or a taste of matter? Is all water the same?

145 Nov 2012

F2.2 Volcanoes and dykes/ jelly and cream – radial dykes Intruding cream radial ‘dykes’ into jelly ‘volcanoes’ until they erupt

146 Dec 2012

G3.1 50 million years into the future - Investigating how animals become adapted to their environments

147 Dec 2012

F4.1 A core activity - Piecing together evidence for the composition of the Earth’s core

148 Dec 2012

F2.2 Collapsing volcanoes – cauldron subsidence Forming circular ‘cauldron subsidence’ in jelly ‘volcanoes’

149 Jan 2013

- How many for a million?- How many sheets of graph paper for 1 million, or 100 million, or a 1000 million squares?

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150 Jan 2013

F3.1 How long does it take? – quick to very, very, very slow - Sorting out Earth events according to the time they take

151 Feb 2013

T1.3c* Testing rocks - 1 bouncing back - Testing the strength of rocks

152 Feb 2013

- Make your own soil – investigating the type and origin of the ingredients of soil

153 Mar 2013

- Soil doughnuts: sorting out soils

154 Mar 2013

- Jaffa moon: modelling the phases of the moon, using Jaffa cakes

155 Apr 2013

Too simple Found in the ground- sorted! An introduction to classification using things ‘found in the ground’

156 Apr 2013

G4.1 Smelter on a stick: smelting iron ore to iron on a gas burner

157 May 2013

T1.1c* Testing rocks 2 Splat

158 May 2013

- Polystyrene moon - Visualising the phases of the moon using a ball on a stick

159 June 2013

T1.1* Testing rocks 3: that shrinking feeling

160 June 2013

- Lollipop moon - Modelling the phases of the moon with a ball, lollipops and a bright light

161 July 2013

- Soil layers puzzle: make your own soil profile and investigate others

162 July 2013

- Eclipse the lollipop - Modelling eclipses of the moon and the Sun with a ball, lollipops and a bright light.

163 July 2013

Fieldwork Rocks from the big screen: Indoor preparation for outdoor field work, using a picture and specimens

164 Aug 2013

G4.1 Gold prospectors - panning for ‘gold’ in river sediment

165 Aug 2013

F1.1 Be a mineral expert – I : beginning to identify minerals – introducing colour, habit, lustre, cleavage

166 Sep 2013

F1.1 Be a mineral expert - 2: Identifying minerals using ‘action’ tests – streak, density, hardness, acid test

167 Sep 2013

Too simple Changing state – transforming water: Practical activities to change the state of water; solid, liquid, gas

168 Oct 2013

F2.1a* Mini-world water cycle: A water cycle demonstration model in a box.

169 Oct 2013

F4.1? A screaming roller coaster: How fast am I travelling (due to Earth’s spin and Earth’s orbit)?

170 Nov 2013

F1.1 Be a mineral expert – 3 The mineral foundations of everyday life

171 Nov 2013

F2.1a* Water cycle world: A discussion activity on the natural water transformations on Earth.

172 Dec 2013

F1.1 Be a mineral expert 4 – Recycle your mobile phone: Why should I recycle my mobile (cell) phone?

173 Dec 2013

F2.1a* ‘Tagging’ water molecules – to explore the water cycle A thought experiment to investigate the water cycle

174 Jan 2014

F2.1a* Cycling water and heat in the lab – and the globe Demonstrating the water cycle, latent heat and global energy transfer

175 Jan 2014

- Which power source? – solving the crisis in Kiama Searching for all the power sources that could be developed in a mythical country.

176 Feb 2014

G3.1 Running the fossilisation film backwards Bringing a fossil ‘back to life’

177 Feb 2014

F2.1 Sedimentary structures - graded bedding- Make your own graded bed – one depositional event, but with coarse to fine sediment.

178 Mar 2014

Too simple Rockery 1’ - rock game: Model different characteristics of rocks - with your pupils.

179 Mar 2014

F2.1 Sedimentary structures – sole marks- Evidence from the base of a sedimentary bed

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180 Mar 2014

F2.1 Sedimentary structures – imbrication: Which way did the river flow?

181 Apr 2014

F2.1 Ice power: Freezing water in a syringe to measure the expansion

182 Apr 2014

F2.1 Model the stages of the rock cycle- with your pupils

183 May 2014

G3.1 Sea shell survival: How are common sea shells adapted to their habitats?

184 May 2014

F2.1 Load casts: interpreting odd bumps on the bases of beds

185 June 2014

T1.1c* Sink holes

186 June 2014

G3.1 Trace fossils – burrows or borings: What evidence do living organisms leave behind in rocks?

187 July 2014

Fieldwork 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

188 July 2014

F1.1a Fieldwork: Environmental evaluation Developing a strategy for evaluating the environment

189 Aug 2014

Under pressure -Calculating the intense pressures underground

190 Aug 2014

Water pressure – underground: Demonstrating how hydrostatic pressure increases with depth

191 1 Sep 2014

- Hot or not?: Investigating how latitude affects the amount of solar radiation received

192 15 Sep 2014

- Earth on Earth: Using a globe in the sunshine to show how day/night and the seasons work

193 29 Sep 2014

- Seasons: - the effect of our tilted Earth: An indoor demonstration explaining the changing seasons

194 13 Oct 2014

F2.1 Sedimentary structures – cross-bedding: Using cross bedding to determine the way-up of a bed of sedimentary rock.

195 27 Oct 2014

F2.1 Sedimentary structures – cross-bedding and ancient currents: Using cross-bedding to find the directions of ancient currents

196 10 Nov 2014

F4.1 Journey to the centre of the Earth – on a toilet roll

197 24 Nov 2014

G4.1 Why won’t my compass work on the other side of the Equator?: Understanding the three-dimensional magnetic field of the Earth

198 8 Dec 2014

F4.2: T3.1 Opening of the Atlantic V

199 22 Dec 2014

F2.1 Why is the Dead Sea dead? Measuring salinity

200 5th Jan 2015

- How many G- G- G- G- Grandparents?

201 19th Jan

Too simple The evolution game

202 2nd Feb Too simple Fossilise – a game showing how fossils form and survive (Early Years ELI)

203 16th Feb

Fieldwork Fieldwork: the all-powerful strategy

204 2nd March

F2.1b

Watery world

205 16th March

4.1b* T3.2* T5.3 Isostasy 1: modelling the state of ‘balance’ of the Earth’s outer layers ELI+

206 30th March

4.1b* T3.2* T5.3 Isostasy - 2 “Bouncing back” after the ice

207 13th April

F2.1 Teacher - What’s the difference between weathering and erosion?

208 27th April

F4.2: T5.1 Hotspots: Modelling the movement of a plate across the globe

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209 11th May

F4.1-2 Human magnets! Modelling ancient and modern magnetic fields, using your pupils

210 25th May

T1.1b

Failing slopes Modelling how rock cliffs and slopes can collapse

211 8th June

G2.1e Roadstone - which rock? Investigating the best rock type for the wearing course of roads

212 22nd June

G3.1 Shell shake – survival of the toughest: why is the fossil record incomplete?

213 6th July - Tag a carbon atom – and explore the carbon cycle

214 20th July

F1.1 Weathering limestone – with my own breath!

215 3rd August

F1.1 Karstic scenery - in 60 seconds Modelling the chemical weathering of limestone

216 17th Aug

F4.2: T5.3 Did the continents move for you? Plotting the movement of continents using apparent polar wandering curves

217 31st August

F4.2: T5.1 What drives the plates? Using a pupil model to demonstrate that slab pull is the main driving force.

218 14th Sept

- So you want to conserve a geodiversity site?

219 28th Sept

F2.1 Sand on a sill - What will happen to a sand grain left on a window sill? – a rock cycle discussion

220 12th Oct

Fieldwork Planning for fieldwork: Preparing your pupils before setting out to “ask questions for any rock face”

221 26th Oct

Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 1: weathering- What questions about weathering might be asked at any rock exposure?

222 9th Nov Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 2: erosion What questions about erosion might be asked at any rock exposure?

223 23rd Nov

Fieldwork Fieldwork: interactive re-creation. Activities using simple transportable apparatus to simulate features in the field

224 7th Dec Too simple Pirates and buried treasure Grouping and sorting a variety of objects

225 22nd Dec

Too simple Sensory treasure hunt Using senses to match objects with similar properties

226 4th Jan 2016

Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 3: soil +PK 22.8.15 What questions about soil might be asked at any rock exposure?

227 18th Jan

Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 4: rock group (sedimentary or igneous)

228 1st Feb G4.2 Where does offshore oil come from? An activity to dispel misconceptions about the source of oil

229 15th Feb

Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 5: sedimentary grains What questions about sedimentary grains might be asked at any rock exposure?

230 29th Feb

F2.1 Rolling, hopping and floating and invisibly moving along - Investigating how sediment is transported by water

231 14th March

Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 6: fossils What questions about fossils might be asked at any rock exposure?

232 28th March

Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 7: tilted or folded rocks What questions about tilting and folding might be asked at any rock exposure?

233 11th April

Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 8: faults What questions about faults might be asked at any rock exposure?

234 25th April

F3.2 Toilet roll of time

235 9th May F2.1 What was it like to be there? – clues in sediment which bring an environment to life Bringing a depositional environment to life using evidence from sedimentary structures

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236 23rd May

Too simple Rock Explorers Putting rocks into families

237 6th June

Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 9: metamorphic rock What questions about metamorphism might be asked at any metamorphic rock exposure?

238 20th June

Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 10: sequencing What questions about sequencing geological events might be asked at any rock exposure?

239 4th July Too simple Design your own rocky play-park. Telling the stories of rocks for everyone

240 18th July

Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 11: tectonic plates

What questions about relationships to tectonic plates

might be asked at any rock exposure?

241 1st August

F2.1 Rock Builder- simulating the formation of fossiliferous sedimentary rocks

242 15th August

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?

243 29th August

F4.1 Boring chocolate! What can boreholes tell us about the Earth?

244 12th September

Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 13: quarry economics What questions about potential for quarry re-opening might be asked at any rock exposure?

245 26th September

Fieldwork Questions for any rock face 14: recording What questions about recording geological data might be asked at any rock exposure?

246 10th October

Fieldwork Fieldwork: the view from the site Using the view of the local area to tune yourself into the local geology

247 24th October

G4.2 Does my rock hold water and will water flow through it? Investigating the differences between porosity and permeability

248 7th November

F2.1 ‘I’m pure calcium carbonate’ – the calcium carbonate question. A discussion focussed on common misconceptions about calcium carbonate

249 21st November

Rock around your school: Investigating the building materials around your school and in your area

250 5th Dec F4.2: T5.3 The Earth time jigsaw puzzle. Plot the moving continents, from the past to the future

251 19th Dec

T2.1 Swiss roll surgery Investigating geological structures and their outcrops using sponge rolls

252 2nd Jan 2017

F2.2 Metamorphic aureole in a tin Investigate what controls the changes in temperature around an igneous intrusion

253 16th Jan

F2.1 Laying out the rock cycle: product and process. Sorting out the rock cycle products – and then adding the processes

254 30th Jan

T1.1a* Tsunami alert! Run for the hills or stay by the sea? Why does one type of earthquake produce a tsunami, whilst another does not?

255 13th Feb

F4.2 The view from above: living tectonism - What was it like to be there – on top of a mountain-building collision?

256 27th Feb

F2.3b; G2.1 From folds to crustal shortening: visualising past processes by calculation Modelling folding by calculation – thinking through the assumptions

257 13th March

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

258 27th March

F2.1 Ice-thickness from scratch: visualising past processes by calculation

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259 10th April

F2.1 A bucket for a pothole: visualising past processes by calculation Modelling river pothole-formation by calculation – thinking through the assumptions

260 24th April

F2.1 Investigating small-scale sedimentary processes AND modelling mighty rivers The ‘Mighty River in a small gutter’ Earthlearningidea activity used at different scales

261 8th May FF3.2 Filling the gap – picturing the unconformity ‘abyss of time’? Working out what happened during unconformity time gaps

262 22nd May

F4.2 Partial melting model and real rock Comparing a model with reality to develop understanding of the partial melting process

263 5th June

F3.1 Now and then – spotting the difference How did the conditions differ between today and when the rock was formed?

264 19th June

G3.1 The ups and downs of ammonites How did ammonites adjust their position in the sea?

265 3rd July T5.3 “Hooray and up she rises!” * How a rising mountain chain can reveal its hidden secrets

266 17th July

T1.1-2* An earthquake in your classroom A classroom earthquake intensity scale

267 31st July

- Geo-art: paintings to sculptures inspired by all things ‘geo’ Create your own geo-artwork

268 14th August

- Geo-literature: poems and stories inspired by all things ‘geo’ Create your own geo-poem or story

269 28th August

G4.2 Recipe for the perfect fracking fluid Make your own fluid to fracture hydraulically (frack) methane-bearing shale

270 11th Sept

G4.3: T4.1b * Modelling remote sensing geophysics Using a mock gravimeter and magnetometer set up in the classroom

271 25th Sept

- Is there life in this soil sample? Questions to consolidate pupil understanding of soil-formation

272 9th Oct F2.1 Not misunderstanding the rock cycle Addressing common misconceptions about the rock cycle

273 23rd Oct

T1.1-3* Jelly/biscuit modelling of how earthquake waves amplify and devastate Demonstrating how seismic shaking depends on local geology

274 6th Nov F2.1* The rock cycle at your fingertips Modelling the rock cycle with your fingers

275 20th Nov

T3.2d* The oxygen isotope sweet simulation Demonstrating how the oxygen isotope proxy records past Earth temperatures

276 4th Dec T3.2d* Interpret Earth temperatures from simulated deep-sea and ice cores - Using sweets to simulate oxygen isotope ratios in cores

277 18th Dec

F4.1*

Bauble Quiz

278 1st Jan 2018

F4.2* Plate margins and movement by hand: Modelling plate margins and plate movement with your hands

279 15th Jan

- Make and use your own Plaster of Paris

280 29th Jan

G3.1 T5.3 The pattern of continents/oceans versus the pattern of life on Earth

281 Fri 9th Feb

T1.1 Earthquakes in art Developing a scientific report based on evidence in historic paintings

282 26th Feb

F2.3 G2.1 Modelling by hand ‘when the youngest rock is not on top’ Illustrating how rock sequences can have older rocks on top of younger ones

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283 12th March

F2.1 From river sediment to stripey rocks Modelling the build up of different layers of sediment as seen in sedimentary rocks

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284 26th March

F2.2e Best classroom eruption? Which type of classroom eruption best shows how volcanoes erupt?

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285 9th April

T3.2e GCSE 2.4

How can the ice core evidence for climate change be explained? An educational opportunity for discussing evidence, hypotheses and possible responses

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286 23rd April

GCSE 2.4b Back in time “Alligators spotted in London” @ELI_Earth - July 1 Retrieving and communicating information

287 7th May F2.3b GCSE 1.5d

Modelling unconformity – by hand - Using your hands to demonstrate how unconformities form

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288 21st May

G1 Key Idea 3 GCSE 1.3

Atmosphere and ocean in a lunchbox - A model for all pupils – of hot, cold and cloudy density currents

289 4th June

F2.3e G2.1c GCSE 1.5

Modelling Earth stresses with your hands - Hand modelling of compression, tension and shear in the Earth

290 18th June

F4.2e 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

291 2nd July

F2.3d G2.1b GCSE 1.5

Modelling folding – by hand: -using your hands to demonstrate different fold features

292 16th July

Fieldwork GCSE 1.5a

The ‘What could hurt you here?’ approach to field safety -teaching how to keep safe during fieldwork and other outdoor activities

293 30th July

F2.2a The heat is on: modelling the movement of heat from the Earth’s core outwards

294 13th Aug

F2.3d G2.1b GCSE 1.5

Right way up or upside down? - modelling anti- and synforms by hand Use your hands to show how the beds in folds can be the right way up or inverted

295 27th Aug

F3.2e GCSE 2.3e

Dating the Earth – before the discovery of radioactivity: Charles Lyell and Mount Etna, 1828

296 10th Sept

F2.3d G2.1b GCSE 1.5

Visualising plunging folds - with your hands and a piece of paper Using your hands and folded/torn paper to show the patterns made by plunging folds

297 24th Sept

F3.1 GCSE 2.1

View to the future – and the past: Using a viewpoint or overview educationally

298 8th Oct F2.3e GCSE 1.5c

Modelling faulting – by hand: Using your hands to demonstrate different fault features

299 22nd Oct

T3.1a The Earth and Milankovitch cycles – by hand: Modelling the Earth’s squashed orbit, tilt and wobble using your hands

300 5th Nov T1.1a Spaghetti quakes: why are big earthquakes so much more destructive than small ones?

301 19th Nov

G3.2c Modelling tipping points – by hands: Demonstrating tipping points in the Earth’s system with the hands of three people

302 4th Dec 4.2c T5.1e GCSE 2.2f

Faults in a Mars™ Bar Pulling apart a Mars™ Bar to model a divergent plate margin

303 17th Dec

F2.1d F2.2b F2.2g GCSE 1.2b 1.3d 1.4c

Rock grain cut out How can you tell which grains come from which rock?

304 31st Dec

F4.1a GCSE 2.2a

The slinky seismic waves demo: Using slinkies to show how earthquakes produce P-, S- and surface waves

305 14th Jan 2019

G3.2c 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?

306 28th Jan

F2.1d, F2.2b, F2.2g GCSE 4.2b

Urban fieldwork – the stories from materials, colours, lines and shapes: find out the stories told by materials used in building and for decoration

307 11th Feb

F3.2a GCSE 2.2.3

What happened when?: sorting out sequences using stratigraphical concepts Are the age-based stratigraphical concepts principles or laws? – and how do you use them?

309 11th Mar

T1.1b GCSE 4.1

If a sedimentary bed were laid down outside now – what would it be like? A discussion of beds and catastrophic processes

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310 25th Mar

G3.2b Is the greenhouse effect happening outside today? A classroom discussion to consolidate understanding about the greenhouse effect

311 8th Apr F2.3d. G2.1b GCSE 1.1.5

The sliced Jelly Babies™ approach to understanding 3D geological maps: use Jelly Babies™ cut at the dip angle to highlight structures on geological maps

312 22nd Apr

F2.3g? When are soft rocks tough, and hard rocks weak? A discussion about the toughness/resistance of rocks in different places

313 6th May GCSE 4.2b What is it made of? Relate each mineral or rock to the everyday object containing it

314 20th May

F1.1e GCSE 4.2b

Mineral or not? Discussion about what is a mineral and what is not

315 3rd June

G1.3a Exploring current flows through straits: Testing the L. F. Marsili model of Bosphorus currents (1680)

316 17th June

F2.1 GCSE 2.1

From ‘Rock detective’ to ‘Laying out the rock cycle’: Investigate rocks to sort them into groups, add them to the rock cycle and name them

317 1st July F2.1g The deep rock cycle explained by plate tectonics: lithification: A model showing how plate tectonics can explain sediments becoming sedimentary rocks

318 15th July

F4.2f GCSE 2.2f

The deep rock cycle explained by plate tectonics: deformation and metamorphism. A model showing how plate tectonics can explain metamorphism and rock-deformation

319 29th July

G3.2c? Finding the Earth in the UN Sustainable Development Goals Map for yourself the areas where Earth studies are linked to the UN SDGs

320 12th Aug

- The LegoTM method of showing weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition: using LegoTM bricks to demonstrate sedimentary processes

321 26th Aug

F2.1 GCSE 1.3b

Recreating the rocks – step by step: simulating a dipping sedimentary rock sequence though a sequence of Earthlearningideas

322 9th Sept

T3.2c GCSE 2.4g

Melting ice and sea level change 1 – sea ice: does sea level change when floating sea ice melts?

323 23rd Sept

T3.2c GCSE 2.4g

Melting ice and sea level change 2 – ice caps Does sea level change when ice caps melt?

324 7th Oct G3.2a Climate on arrival: If you suddenly arrived somewhere – what would tell you what the climate was like?

325 21st Oct

F2.1b GCSE 1.3d

What colour was the world in the past? Using rock evidence and ‘the present is the key to the past’ to colour the geological world

326 4th Nov F4.2c GCSE 2.2g

All models are wrong’ – but some are really wrong: plate-driving mechanisms Many textbook diagrams of plate-driving forces have arrows in the wrong places

327 18th Nov

F2.1e GCSE !.3e

Beach, river, dune, mountain, plain – what layers might be preserved here? A discussion on what evidence might be preserved in rocks from different environments

328 2nd Dec

F4.2c GCSE 2.2f

Which is the fastest spreading oceanic ridge? A map-based activity to find the most active oceanic spreading ridge

329 18th Dec

F2.1e GCSE 1.3e

How do sedimentary beds form? – and why can we see them? Demonstrating how the beds in sedimentary rocks are deposited

330 30th Dec

F2.1e GCSE 1.3f

Sedimentary structures – make your own cross-bedding Classroom activities to make and explain how cross-bedding forms

331 13th Jan 2020

F2.1 d-g GCSE 1.3e

Playground continents: A palaeogeography in your school yard

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332 27th Jan

Nil Where on Earth is no soil found? A ‘deep question’ discussion about soil-formation

333 10th Feb

4.1 and 4.2 GCSE 2.2g

Updates: a) Follow the Joides Resolution research ship at sea. b) Recent research in plate tectonics.

334 24th Feb

F4.2c GCSE 2.2g

What do the top and bottom of a tectonic plate look like? Questions to test understanding of plate tectonic processes

(86 9th Mar (Mantle plume – revised version)

335 23rd March

Nil ‘Tagging’ nitrogen atoms – to explore the nitrogen cycle - A thought experiment to investigate nitrogen cycle processes

336 6th April

Nil Geo-music - music inspired by all things ‘geo’ Create your own geo-music

337 29th April

F2 1.b GCSE 1.3a

Breaking up-classroom freeze-thaw weathering: Showing how freezing and thawing can break porous rocks in the classroom

338 4th May F2.2a GCSE 2.2f

Melting and boiling – the influence of pressure How does a reduction in pressure lower melting and boiling points?

339 18th May

G3.2 What might be the marker for the ‘golden spike’ at the end of the Anthropocene? How is geological time subdivided and what are likely future human impacts on the Earth?

340 1st June

G3.2a Lost at sea – the amazing journeys of rubber ducks around the world: Studying ocean currents following the Friendly Floatees ocean spill

341 15th June

F2.1e Which sedimentary structures can you make? Making sedimentary structures in the classroom using simple apparatus and materials