Earth Learning Idea
Innovative, Earth-related teaching ideas
Monday, 17 August 2026
Erosion, transportation and deposition in a river
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Today's ELI is 'Mighty river in a small gutter; sediments on the move'. This activity investigates the effects of flowing water ...
Monday, 10 August 2026
Weathering of rocks
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Our ELI for today is 'Weathering- rocks breaking up and breaking down; Matching pictures and descriptions of weathered rocks with the p...
Monday, 3 August 2026
Factors affecting soil erosion
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Our new ELI today is 'Soil erosion; a n animated model of the factors affecting soil erosion'. This ELI involves an activity where ...
Monday, 27 July 2026
Surface processes affecting the landscape, now, in the past and in the future
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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; u...
Monday, 20 July 2026
Make your own bricks . . . with mud
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A good children's activity for outside in hot weather is 'Mud, Mud, glorious mud; m ake your own bricks'. This activity involves...
Monday, 13 July 2026
An Earthlearningidea about wildfires?
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Most of you will have heard about the devastating wildfires occurring at the moment (July 2026) in Spain. On this blog, we try to publish r...
Monday, 6 July 2026
Our plastic waste ends up in huge rubbish islands in the Pacific ocean
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The new ELI today is ' The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch"; how ocean currents trap our plastic waste'. This activity simula...
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