Monday 14 February 2022

Amazing Planet at the ASE virtual conference

Join us on Saturday February 19th for AMAZING PLANET to be presented at the virtual ASE Conference.  Two members of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), will present a quick-fire selection of activities from Earthlearningideas. These are designed to enable teachers to encourage a sense of wonder at Planet Earth among their pupils.

The session will introduce ten processes which take place inside the Earth. These will include 'Quake shake', showing in a few seconds how parts of Mexico City might topple over as the old lake bed upon which it is built liquefies under seismic shaking.

'Magnetic Earth' will demonstrate the Earth’s magnetic field with a Plasticine sphere and a Magnaprobe.

Aspects of seven surface processes will be demonstrated, including 'Rock rattle and roll', an enjoyable, noisy activity reproducing erosion by shaking rock fragments in a plastic bottle.

Various ways of representing Earth processes using your fingertips will also prove to be a fun way of learning principles such as the Rock Cycle.

The session is intended as a rapid introduction to the activities, of which there are now 384 freely available on the website. Each activity consists of one or two illustrated pages describing how to carry it out, with another page or two of the rationale for teachers.

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