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We are continuing our plate tectonics theme with "The continental jigsaw puzzle; c an you reassemble a super-continent from a ‘jigsaw ...

Today we are investigating tectonic plates. What are they?  "Chocolate Plates; s imulating the properties of a lithospheric plate"...

Today's ELI is 'Mighty river in a small gutter; sediments on the move'. This activity investigates the effects of flowing water ...

Our ELI for today is 'Weathering- rocks breaking up and breaking down; Matching pictures and descriptions of weathered rocks with the p...

We thought you would enjoy a fun activity as we end our magnetism and plate tectonics series.  ' Hands on magnetic stripes; d emonstrati...

Today's new ELI is 'Mapping Magnetic Anomalies; modelling the palaeomagnetic evidence for plate tectonic boundaries on the ocean flo...

 Today we consider 'Hotspots; modelling the movement of a plate across the globe'. In this ELI a felt-tip pen and a piece of card ar...

The ELI today is 'Magnetic stripes; modelling the symmetrical magnetic pattern of the rocks of the sea floor.' This ELI demonstrates...

We continue our ocean floor theme with ' Model a spreading ocean floor offset by transform faults; a  model of the transform fault ‘ste...

Today's ELI is 'Continental split – the opening of the Atlantic Ocean; modelling how the continents moved, from Pangaea to today...

' Ice - thickness from scratch: visualising past pr ocesses by calculation Modelling glacial striation - formation by calculation – th...

'Continental split – the opening of the Atlantic Ocean; modelling how the continents moved, from Pangaea to today'. Video clip This...

'A world in a grain of sand’ - what can a grain of sand tell us about its past? Watch the teaching video This ELI is a ‘thought experim...

The new ELI today is 'Folds and faults with puff pastry and chocolate; understanding folds and faults in cross section and on a geologi...

Continuing our minerals theme . . . "Interactive hydrothermal mineralisation:‘The rock with the hole’ hydrothermal mineralisation demo...

The new ELI today is 'Building silicates; simulating crystal size during the cooling of magma and during recrystallisation in solid rock...

Have you tried 'Mars (TM) margins – diverged, converged and transformed; modelling plate margins with a Mars (TM) Bar – apart, together...

Six new teaching videos (following the CASE principle)  explaining sedimentary structures are now available. This link will take you to many...

The new ELI today is 'Coastal erosion; what controls the form of a coastline and the steepness of its cliffs? ' This activity exami...

The new ELI+ today is fun to do - 'Hands on magnetic stripes; demonstrating how oceanic ridge magnetic stripes form with several pair o...