New ELI today is 'Make your own aquifer – 2 The London Basin; model the aquifers in the London Basin with sponges'.
This activity uses sponges to demonstrate water in pore spaces in sedimentary rocks. It may be used in science and geography lessons when studying the water cycle or water management.
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Keeping our watery theme, have you tried - - 'Well, well, well! Making a working model of a well'?
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New ELI today 'Make your own aquifer – 1 with sponges; a clean way to demonstrate water in pores in rocks'.
This Earthlearningidea uses sponges to demonstrate water in pore spaces in sedimentary rocks. It may be used in science and geography lessons when studying the water cycle or water management.
In the category Earth as a system, Water cycle, there are many related activities.
One of the activities in our ELI Early years series is fun to do outside in the playground, 'Sensory treasure hunt; using senses to match objects with similar properties'.
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This activity has endless potential and can be used in many ways. It is best carried out outside where there is plenty of space but can equally well be enjoyed in the classroom. Pupils can work at their own pace with the faster and more able investigating uses and other properties such as the object’s ability or not to change shape. The words fulfil many literacy requirements and pupils can try to apply them to other objects.
Our ELI Early years category has many ideas for young children.
The new ELI today is the start of a series of Earthlearningideas about the essential minerals needed for the Green Revolution. We begin with Lithium. 'Essential Minerals for the Green Revolution – 1 Lithium; an element which is pulling more than its weight in the world'.
This activity is an investigation into the sources of lithium as worldwide demand rises, with the introduction of new technology, such as lithium-ion batteries.
Our Minerals category has many more activities about minerals and over the next few months more ELIs about essential minerals will be published.
Continuing our geohazards theme - 'Sink hole! Demonstrate sink hole processes in action'
Sink holes commonly form over limestone bedrock, but also develop where the underlying materials are even more soluble, such as rock salt and gypsum deposits. This classroom activity models the dissolving of underground materials and the impacts this can have at the surface.
Our Natural Hazards category lists many more Earthlearningideas.
The new ELI today is 'Slip-sliding away; how does monitoring fault creep help to forecast earthquakes?'
This earthlearningidea is a simulation and case study of a monitoring survey used to monitor the slow creep along fault planes that leads to the build-up of strain prior to its release in an earthquake.
Go to our Natural hazards category to find other activities about earthquakes.