Scary scorpions - make your own

Today's ELI is 'Scary scorpions; make your own scorpion and imagine how it lived' 

This ELI is an introduction to fossil aquatic scorpions; bringing the animal back to life and investigating the Silurian seas.

Many fossil-related activities can be found in our 'Evolution of Life' category

Investigating geological structures and their outcrops using sponge rolls

Continuing our theme of folding structures, today's ELI is 'Swiss roll surgery; investigating geological structures and their outcrops using sponge rolls'.

This activity can be used in any science or geography lesson when folded and faulted rocks are discussed. By adapting the terminology, it can be used with any age group when explanations of folded and faulted rocks are required.

Many related activities can be found in our Earth energy / processes category.

An exercise in measuring strike and dip

The new ELI this week is 'Mapping “structures” on the playing field An exercise in measuring strike and dip.'

This ELI demonstrates how to use a school field (or any open space) for practice in measurements in order to work out a geological structure.

Other related activities can be found in our categories 'Deformation - folding faulting' and in 'Investigating the Earth - fieldwork and mapwork.'

Missing posts

The ELI Team apologise that there have been no posts in recent months. Hopefully, our weekly updates on new and revised activities will now continue as usual.

Messy soils

 Continuing with soils, have you tried 'Soil doughnuts; sorting out soils'?

 

This activity can be used in any lesson about the environment, rocks and landscape, agriculture, gardening or investigations out of doors.

Click here for other soil related Earthlearningideas.

Soils Testing

The new ELI today is 'Soil pH testing; a way of introducing scientific practice into environmental education'.

Testing the pH of soil using shop-bought kits.

Other related soil activities can be found in this category.

Make your own easy model of magnetic Earth

Continuing our theme of magnetism, the ELI today is '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'

Once pupils have made their ‘magnetic Earth’ this can also be tested using a Magnaprobe™ to show the direction of Earth’s magnetism at different altitudes.

Many activities related to magnetism can be found on our website.