Monday, 17 August 2026

Erosion, transportation and deposition in a river

Today's ELI is 'Mighty river in a small gutter; sediments on the move'.


This activity investigates the effects of flowing water on loose sediment to see how it is eroded, transported and deposited. A teaching video is available.

Other related activities can be found in our Sedimentary Processes category.

Monday, 10 August 2026

Weathering of rocks

Our ELI for today is 'Weathering- rocks breaking up and breaking down; Matching pictures and descriptions of weathered rocks with the processes of weathering that formed them'.


This activity encourages pupils to study the appearance of weathered rocks and to understand the processes which produce weathering.

Related activities can be found in our Sedimentary processes  in our Earth energy / processes category.

Monday, 3 August 2026

Factors affecting soil erosion

Our new ELI today is 'Soil erosion; an animated model of the factors affecting soil erosion'.


This ELI involves an activity  where the students vary the factors affecting soil erosion, via an animated graphic. The animation provides a visual way of learning the effects of several factors in soil erosion.

Other activities about soils can be found in our Soils category in Earth materials.