Category: Resources and Environment
#8 Why does soil get washed away?
Investigating why some farmers lose their soil through erosion whilst others do...
#175 Which power source? – solving the crisis in Kiama (ELI+)
Searching for all the power sources that could be developed in a mythical...
#228 Where does offshore oil come from?
An activity to dispel misconceptions about the source of...
#108 What am I made of? (ELI+)
A comparison between the chemistry of the human body and the rest of the...
#139 Well, well, well!
Making a working model of a...
#144 Water – a matter of taste or a taste of matter?
Is all water the...
#024 Trapped! Why can’t oil and gas escape from their underground prison?
Demonstrate how oil and gas can be trapped in reservoir rocks beneath the...
#127 Take it or leave it? – the geoconservation debate
When is collecting wrong, and when is it right? - try to decide for...
#218 So, you want to conserve a geodiversity site
What could you do if you wanted to conserve a geoscience...
#48 Rocks to eat?
How we get the elements we need to stay...
#95 Rock power: geothermal power simulations (ELI+)
Modelling geothermal power sources - renewable or...
#69 Riches in the river
Investigating how valuable ores may become concentrated on river...
#36 Quarry through the window – what would you see, what would you not see?
Asking pupils to ‘picture’ what a ‘quarry through the window” might look...
#57 Power through the window
Which power source might be built in the view you can see from your...
#64 Make your own oil and gas reservoir
Demonstrating how oil and water flow through permeable...
#128 Hydrothermal mineralisation – interactive (ELI+)
‘The rock with the hole’ hydrothermal mineralization...
#164 Gold prospectors
Panning for ‘gold’ in river...
#54 From rain to spring: water from the ground
Demonstrating how water flows through the ground - and how it can be used and...
#67 ‘Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink’
Investigating how to get clean water from dirty ‘pond’...
#161 Soil layers puzzle
Make your own soil profile and investigate...
#153 Soil doughnuts
Sorting out...
#22 Permeability of soil – ‘The great soil race’
Investigating the properties of different soils by pouring water on...
#5 Modelling for rocks: what’s hidden inside – and why?
Investigating the permeability of rocks and how they let water, oil and gas flow...
#152 Make your own soil
Investigating the type and origin of the ingredients of...
#188 Fieldwork: Environmental evaluation
Developing a strategy for evaluating the...
