Investigating the Earth #109 William Smith – ‘The Father of English Geology’ (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Thinking like William...
Investigating the Earth #197 Why won’t my compass work on the other side of the Equator? (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Understanding the three-dimensional magnetic field of the...
Investigating the Earth #2 When will it blow? – predicting eruptions tsawa6/19/20160 How a simple tiltmeter can demonstrate the bulging of a volcano before...
Earth Energy/Processes #235 What was it like to be there? – clues in sediment which bring an environment to life tsawa6/19/20160 Bringing a depositional environment to life using evidence from sedimentary...
Investigating the Earth #40 What is the geological history? tsawa6/19/20160 Sequencing events to reveal a history using simple stratigraphic...
Investigating the Earth #77 Waves in the Earth 2 – Human molecules (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Pupils are pushed around to demonstrate the properties of seismic...
Investigating the Earth #76 Waves in the Earth 1 – the slinky simulation (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Using a long spring to find out how earthquake waves travel through the...
Investigating the Earth #110 Take a ‘Chance’ on the volcano erupting (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 How hazardous is the...
Earth Energy/Processes #237 Questions for any rock face 9: metamorphic rock tsawa6/19/20160 What questions about metamorphism might be asked at any metamorphic rock...
Investigating the Earth #90 Party time for volcanoes! (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 How much force does it take to set off a party popper...
Investigating the Earth #130 Opengeoscience 2: tilted and folded rocks tsawa6/19/20160 Opening geological maps to the...
Investigating the Earth #129 Opengeoscience 1: igneous intrusions and lavas tsawa6/19/20160 Opening geological maps to the...
Earth Energy/Processes #215 Karstic scenery – in 60 seconds tsawa6/19/20160 Modelling the chemical weathering of...
Investigating the Earth #196 Journey to the centre of the Earth – on a toilet roll tsawa6/19/20160 Just how thin is the crust we live...
Investigating the Earth #98 Geological postcards 2 – sandstone and limestone tsawa6/19/20160 Picture postcard...
Investigating the Earth #97 Geological postcards 1 – granite and chalk tsawa6/19/20160 Picture postcard...
Investigating the Earth #138 Geological mapwork: using surface geology to make a geological map (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Match the photos to a map to see how a geological map...
Investigating the Earth #105 Geological mapwork from scratch 3: valley with dipping geology (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Draw your own cross sections and 3D geological...
Investigating the Earth #102 Geological mapwork from scratch 2: valley with simple geology (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 #102 Geological mapwork from scratch 2: valley with simple geology (ELI+)...
Investigating the Earth #101 Geological mapwork from scratch 1: a conical hill (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Draw your own cross sections - of increasing...
Investigating the Earth #125 Geological mapwork from models 8: plain with different types of fault (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a flat region with faulted...
Investigating the Earth #124 Geological mapwork from models 7: plain with faults parallel to the outcrops of the beds (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a flat region with faulted...
Investigating the Earth #123 Geological mapwork from models 6: plain with faults in the direction of dip (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a flat region with faulted...
Investigating the Earth #116 Geological mapwork from models 5: folded geology on block models (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Draw and make your own 3D models of areas with folded...
Investigating the Earth #113 Geological mapwork from models 4: sloping ridge and valley (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a sloping ridge/valley...
Investigating the Earth #111 Geological mapwork from models 3: valley with horizontal floor (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a valley with a horizontal...
Investigating the Earth #107 Geological mapwork from models 2: cuesta with simple geology (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a...
Investigating the Earth #106 Geological mapwork from models 1: plain with simple geology (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Draw and make your own 3D models of the geology of a flat...
Investigating the Earth #74 From clay balls to the structure of the Earth (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 A discussion of how physics can be used to probe Earth’s...
Investigating the Earth #59 From an orange to the whole Earth tsawa6/19/20160 Using an orange to model different densities of the Earth’s...
Investigating the Earth #233 Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 8: faults tsawa6/19/20160 What questions about faults might be asked at any rock...
Investigating the Earth #232 Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 7: tilted or folded rocks tsawa6/19/20160 What questions about tilted or folded rocks might be asked at any rock...
Investigating the Earth #231 Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 6: fossils tsawa6/19/20160 What questions about fossils might be asked at any rock...
Investigating the Earth #229 Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 5: sedimentary grains tsawa6/19/20160 What questions about sedimentary grains might be asked at any rock...
Investigating the Earth #227 Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 4: rock group (sedimentary or igneous) tsawa6/19/20160 What questions about the type of rock might be asked at any rock...
Investigating the Earth #226 Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 3: soil tsawa6/19/20160 What questions about soil might be asked at any rock...
Investigating the Earth #222 Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 2: erosion tsawa6/19/20160 What questions about erosion might be asked at any rock...
Investigating the Earth #221 Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face 1: weathering tsawa6/19/20160 What questions about weathering might be asked at any rock...
Investigating the Earth #220 Fieldwork: Questions for any rock face – Planning for fieldwork tsawa6/19/20160 Preparing your pupils before setting out to “ask questions for any rock...
Investigating the Earth #223 Fieldwork: Interactive re-creation tsawa6/19/20160 Activities using simple transportable apparatus to simulate features in the...
Investigating the Earth #187 Fieldwork: Applying ‘the present is the key to the past’ tsawa6/19/20160 An outdoor activity to apply the present to the past - using Earth science-thinking in...
Investigating the Earth #203 Fieldwork: ‘All powerful’ strategy tsawa6/19/20160 Discussing geological histories in imaginative...
Investigating the Earth #96 Electrical ground probing tsawa6/19/20160 Measuring the electrical resistance of the ground to find buried...
Investigating the Earth #26 Earth science out-of-doors: preserving the evidence tsawa6/19/20160 What evidence of the present times might we find in a million years from...
Investigating the Earth #136 Do-it-yourself dip and strike model (with DIY clinometer) (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Using a model to measure and understand dip, dip direction, strike and apparent...
Investigating the Earth #63 Darwin’s ‘big coral atoll idea’ tsawa6/19/20160 Try thinking like Darwin did to solve the coral atoll...
Investigating the Earth #188 Fieldwork: Environmental evaluation tsawa6/6/20160 Developing a strategy for evaluating the...
Investigating the Earth #147 Core activity (ELI+) tsawa6/6/20160 Piecing together evidence for the composition of the Earth’s...