Planning a geological survey

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.

Sensory treasure hunt

Today we continue with our ELI Early Years activities with 'Sensory treasure hunt; using senses to match objects with similar properties'.

This activity helps children to learn particular properties of a variety of objects. They can choose the objects themselves but try to encourage them to choose those with a variety of properties.

There are other activities suitable for children in our ELI Early Years category. Please let us know how you get on.

 

Sorting out the pebbles on a beach or anywhere you can find some

Have you ever tried putting the different pebbles you can find into families? Here are some ideas: 'Rock Explorers; putting rocks into families'.

In this ELI Early Years activity, as Rock Explorers, children investigate a variety of rocks and sort them into groups. They can sort rocks/fossils into groups using a range of criteria e.g. shape, size, colour, how heavy they feel. They can then create their own forms of classification.

Other ELI Early Years activities can be found in our Cross-Curricular activities.

If you suddenly arrived somewhere, what clues do you need to work out what the climate is like?

Continuing the climate theme of last week, today's ELI is 'Climate on arrival; if you suddenly arrived somewhere – what would tell you what the climate was like?'

This activity involves looking for features that might be indicators of the current climate. It explains the difference between 'climate' and 'weather'.

Related activities about climate and climate change can be found in our Resources and Environment category.