Monday 26 December 2022

Fold structures - can you draw them ?

The new ELI today is another is our 'picturing' series - 'Picturing tectonic structures – 2 folding: visualise and draw fold structures from a verbal description'.

These 'picturing' activities enhance pupils’ skills of description and interpretation using photographs of folded rocks at various scales.

Related activities can be found in our 'Deformation - folding and faulting' category.

Monday 19 December 2022

Predicting volcanic eruptions

Now there is a teaching video to accompany the activity we published many years ago, 'When will it blow? – predicting eruptions; how a simple tiltmeter can demonstrate the bulging of a volcano before eruption'.

The activity could form part of a lesson about volcanic eruptions and their effects. It could be used as part of the preparation for the best response to an eruption in a volcanic area.

Click here to find many other volcanic teaching ideas.
 


Monday 12 December 2022

Landslide danger - and climate change

The new ELI today is the last in our 'net zero' emissions series - 'Landslide danger - and climate change; case studies of how landslides work and the likely effects of climate change'.

This activity is an introduction into landsliding processes and the likely impacts of climate change, using two case studies.

The rest of this series of Earthlearningideas can be found be here. Other activities about Landslides can be found in our Natural Hazards category.

Monday 5 December 2022

Earthquakes - why do some buildings fall and others do not?

The ELI Team is launching a series of new videos to accompany some of our very early Earthlearningideas. This one accompanies the very first ELI ever to be published at the end of 2007! 

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

 

The activity could form part of a lesson about earthquakes and their effects. It could also form part of the preparation for the best way people should respond to an earthquake in earthquake-prone areas.

Many related activities can be found in our Natural Hazards category.