We are continuing with our fieldwork theme. Have you tried using "Fieldwork: interactive re-creation; activities using simple transportable apparatus to simulate features in the field"?
This ELI gives a series of interactive demonstrations in the field to simulate geological features which the students can see in front of them. It aids understanding of the processes involved.
Many activities associated with fieldwork can be found in our Fieldwork category.
Thinking about doing fieldwork? 'The do-it-yourself dip and strike model (with DIY clinometer); using a model to measure and understand dip, dip direction, strike and apparent dip'.
This ELI involves making and using a model that explains dip, strike and apparent dip, and gives exercises on these measurements.
Many activities related to fieldwork can be found in out Fieldwork category in 'Investigating the Earth'.
This ELI is useful for teachers planning their lessons. It is also fun to do while out and about. 'View to the future – and the past; using a viewpoint or overview educationally'.
Many related activities can be found in our Fieldwork - Investigating the Earth category.
Our ELI today is 'Lost at sea – the amazing journeys of rubber ducks around the world; studying ocean currents following the Friendly Floatees ocean spill'.
Related activities can be found in our Oceanography section in the Investigating the Earth category.
The new ELI today is 'The ocean starts here; follow the current to discover your connection to the ocean... and the fate of litter.'
This activity aims to raise students’ awareness of the fact that everything that ends up in road drains (rubbish, other types of pollution),even in inland areas, will reach the ocean via waterways and will eventually be redistributed everywhere by ocean currents.
Related activities can be found in our Oceanography category.
This ELI develops an earlier teacher demonstration in 'Atmosphere and ocean in a tank' into a smaller-scale model for pupil group use.
It explains how warm ocean water, or warm air, rises upwards while cold ocean water or cold air, sinks. It then demonstrates how density currents flow in the water, or air, and can be used as an analogy of density currents in the oceans and atmosphere.
Related activities can be found in our Oceanography category.
New ELI today - 'Mystery Isle; plan a geological survey of a fascinating island'.
Pupils are asked to use their first day on an island to “get their eyes in” and to plan for further investigations. When completed they can apply the main principles of geology to a new situation, interpret geological evidence from photographs and explain the problems of using initial information to form firm conclusions about the geology.
Many more activities related to mapwork can be found in our 'Investigating the Earth' category.
If you are out for a walk and see some rocks, do you wonder what they are? Here are some questions to ask yourself, '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?'
We thought you would enjoy a fun activity as we end our magnetism and plate tectonics series. 'Hands on magnetic stripes; demonstrating how oceanic ridge magnetic stripes form, with several pairs of hands'.
Related activities can be found in our Plate tectonics and Magnetism categories.
Today's new ELI is 'Mapping Magnetic Anomalies; modelling the palaeomagnetic evidence for plate tectonic boundaries on the ocean floor'.
This ELI involves modelling plate boundaries (divergent and transform) from a simulated geomagnetic data survey. Students can describe how the pattern of magnetic stripes was collected from ocean exploration surveys and they can identify evidence of plate boundaries from the pattern of palaeomagnetic anomalies. They can also explain that magnetic anomalies and magnetic stripes are associated with reversals in the Earth’s geomagnetic field.
Related activities can be found in the following topics on our website, Magnetism, Plate tectonics and Oceanography.
The new ELI today is 'Laser Quest 2 – above the waves; seeing evidence for plate tectonics beneath the oceans - using satellites.'
This ELI is a simulation to demonstrate the principle behind satellite mapping of the ocean floor based on gravitational anomalies recorded at the ocean surface.
Related activities can be found in our 'Oceanography' category.
The ELI today is 'Measuring the depths of seas and oceans: How is it done? - a simple demonstration of how we measure sea floor depths and relief'.
Related activities can be found in our Oceanography category.
The new ELI (published a few weeks ago) was 'Magnetic Manchester; measuring changes in magnetic declination to investigate the Earth’s core'.
Related activities can be fund in our Magnetism category.
The innovative ELI today is 'The sliced Jelly Babies TM approach to understanding 3D geological maps; using Jelly Babies TM cut at the dip angle to highlight structures on geological maps'.
Methods like this one and the Earthlearningidea series ‘Mapwork from models’ can help pupils to develop spatial skills.
Today's new ELI is another in our 'Picturing' series - 'Picturing Landforms - 3: Visualise and draw landforms from a verbal description'.
This is another ELI that enhances pupils’ skills of description and interpretation using photographs of landforms.
Related activities can be found in our varied 'Picturing' series, the table for which can be found on the last page of this activity.
Today we have the ELI+ 'Electrical ground probing; measuring the electrical resistance of the ground to find buried objects'.
This ELI is a laboratory demonstration of the principle of ‘remote sensing’, using the electrical properties of Earth materials.
Related topics can be found in 'Geophysics' in our Investigating the Earth category.
Our new ELI today is another in our 'Picturing' series - 'Picturing Landforms -2; visualise and draw landforms from a verbal description'.
This activity enhances pupils’ skills of description and interpretation using photographs of landforms. It requires careful observation and is great fun to do!
Similar activities can be found in the 'Picturing' series.
Related activities can be found in our Oceanography category.
The new ELI today is another in our very popular 'Picturing . . .' series - 'Picturing Landforms -1; visualise and draw landforms from a verbal description'.
Other activities in the series can be seen in the 'Picturing . . .' table.