Earth Learning Idea

  Have you tried 'Counting to one million? - trying to imagine the enormity of geological time' . This Earthlearningidea is an activ...

The new ELI today is 'Some classic Scottish geology revealed; h ow good are you at establishing a geological history from photographs?...

Our new ELI today is '‘Photo dating’; using photos to simulate the relative dating of the rock record.' This activity has been devis...

We continue our series investigating geological time with '‘Looking so far into the Abyss of Time’; how to visualise the immensity of ge...

The ELI today continues our theme of geological (deep) time  with 'But how old is it? Investigating radioactive dating of rocks and mine...

Continuing our theme of geological time, the ELI today is 'The origin of the Earth – at arm’s length: t he age of the Earth - with a go...

For the next few weeks, we will be considering geological time. The ELI today is 'The toilet roll of time; make a geological timeline to...

Today we continue our theme of understanding geological time with " James Hutton – or ‘Mr. Rock Cycle’?  Thinking towards the rock cycl...

 The new ELI today is ‘Looking so far into the Abyss of Time’; how to visualise the immensity of geological time...with a rope!' This E...

'Back in time, “Alligators spotted in London” @ELI_Earth - July 1   Retrieving and communicating information'.     Pupils obtain i...

The new ELI today is 'Counting to one million? - trying to imagine the enormity of geological time'.   This activity helps young chi...

The new ELI today is part 2 of 'Walther’s law of sedimentation – teaching it the Lego TM way: How does a relative fall in sea level aff...

We continue our theme of geological time with 'The toilet roll of time; make a geological timeline to take home'. This activity has ...

The new ELI today is all about visualising deep time 'The origin of the Earth – at arm’s length; the age of the Earth – with a good stre...

Following on from our new ELI about Walther's Law last week, today's ELI is about interpreting environments from a sequence of rocks...

Today's new ELI+ is 'Walther’s law of sedimentation – teaching it the Lego TM way How does a relative rise in sea level affect a v...

'Dating the Earth – before the discovery of radioactivity; Charles Lyell and Mount Etna, 1828'.   The activity provides an opportun...

The new ELI today is 'But how old is it? Investigating radioactive dating of rocks and minerals' This activity investigates how rad...

'What colour was the world in the past? Using rock evidence and ‘the present is the key to the past’ to colour the geological world'...

'Filling the gap – picturing the unconformity ‘abyss of time’? Working out what happened during unconformity time gaps'   This activ...