'The Himalayas in 30 seconds! Making a miniature fold mountain range in an empty box'.
This activity models how lateral pressure can squeeze rocks into folds and faults, and imitates the way in which fold mountain ranges are formed. You can watch a video of this Earthlearningidea.
Many more activities about fold mountains and deformation of rocks can be found in our Resources.
The new Earthlearningidea today is 'Limestone springs – the wells of Wells; modelling the underground flow of water through limestone passages to springs'.
Many more watery Earthlearningideas can be found here.
Confused? Is the rock porous or is it permeable or is it both? Try the Earthlearningidea, 'Does my rock hold water and will water flow through it?'
You could also watch the video:
This activity can be used in any science or geography lesson where the ability of rocks to hold water or hydrocarbons is being discussed.
Many more activities about the characteristics of rocks can be found on our website.
How good are you at describing what you see so someone can draw it? Try today's new ELI 'Picturing trace fossils and other strange shapes: visualise and draw trace fossils and sedimentary structures from a verbal description
More activities related to trace fossils and sedimentary structures can be found on our website.
The ELI Team is pleased to announce the launch of new videos and workshop, 'Exploring rock, soil, water, fossil' for children aged 7 to 9 (UK lower KS2)
Examples of the videos:-