Evolution of Life #132 Sorting out the evolution of evolution headlines (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Lay out your own timeline of how the theory of evolution...
Evolution of Life #212 Shell shake – survival of the toughest tsawa6/19/20160 Why is the fossil record...
Evolution of Life #183 Sea shell survival tsawa6/19/20160 How are common sea shells adapted to their...
Evolution of Life #176 Running the fossilisation film backwards tsawa6/19/20160 Bringing a fossil ‘back to...
Evolution of Life #14 Meeting of the dinosaurs – 100 million years ago tsawa6/19/20160 The evidence given by dinosaur...
Evolution of Life #17 How to weigh a dinosaur tsawa6/19/20160 Using a dinosaur footprint impression to estimate how heavy the animal...
Evolution of Life #200 How many Great Great Great Great Grandparents? tsawa6/19/20160 Finding out how we inherit our...
Evolution of Life #201 How many Beany Beetles? – the evolution game tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating evolution by adaptation and natural...
Evolution of Life #50 How could I become fossilised? tsawa6/19/20160 Thinking through fossilisation in the context of me or...
Evolution of Life #202 Fossilise! (ELI Early years) tsawa6/19/20160 A game showing how fossils form and...
Evolution of Life #28 Fossil or not? tsawa6/19/20160 Discussion about what is a fossil and what is...
Evolution of Life #146 Fifty million years into the future tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating how animals become adapted to their...
Evolution of Life #23 Dinosaur in the yard tsawa6/19/20160 Was Iguanodon strolling in the sun, or fleeing in...
Evolution of Life #35 Dinosaur death – did it die or was it killed? tsawa6/19/20160 Was this a Cretaceous crime scene? using rock and fossil forensic evidence to find...
Evolution of Life #6 Dig up the dinosaur tsawa6/19/20160 Become a fossil hunter and dig up a dinosaur 006_Dig up the...
Earth Materials #7 What was it like to be there – in the rocky world? tsawa6/19/20160 Bringing the formation of solid rock to life - by imagining yourself there when it...
Earth Materials #159 Testing rocks 3 – that shrinking feeling tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating shrinkage in clay as it dries...
Earth Materials #157 Testing rocks 2 – ‘Splat!’ tsawa6/19/20160 A simple way of testing the plasticity of...
Earth Materials #31 Space within – the porosity of rocks tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating the amount of pore space between the ‘grains’ of a model ‘rock’ 031...
Earth Materials #161 Soil layers puzzle tsawa6/19/20160 Make your own soil profile and investigate...
Earth Materials #225 Sensory treasure hunt tsawa6/19/20160 Using senses to match objects with similar...
Earth Materials #163 Rocks from the big screen tsawa6/19/20160 Indoor preparation for outdoor field work, using a picture and...
Earth Materials #4 Rock detective – rocky clues to the past tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating your local rocks to find out how they formed 004_Rock...
Earth Materials #211 Roadstone – which rock? tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating the best rock type for the wearing course of...
Earth Materials #224 Pirates and buried treasure tsawa6/19/20160 Grouping and sorting a variety of...
Earth Materials #22 Permeability of soil – ‘The great soil race’ tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating the properties of different soils by pouring water on...
Earth Materials #5 Modelling for rocks: what’s hidden inside – and why? tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating the permeability of rocks and how they let water, oil and gas flow...
Earth Materials #172 Mineral expert 4 – Recycle your mobile phone tsawa6/19/20160 Why should I recycle my mobile (cell)...
Earth Materials #166 Mineral expert 2 tsawa6/19/20160 Identifying minerals using ‘action’ tests - streak, density, hardness, acid...
Earth Materials #165 Mineral expert 1 tsawa6/19/20160 Beginning to identify minerals - introducing colour, habit, lustre,...
Earth Materials #152 Make your own soil tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating the type and origin of the ingredients of...
Earth Materials #75 Magnetic Earth (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Modelling the magnetic field of the Earth 075_Magnetic_Earth...
Earth Materials #72 Innocent until proven guilty (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Using forensic geoscience to solve the...
Earth Materials #131 Identifying minerals – use your sense(s)! tsawa6/19/20160 Minerals in the dark: identifying minerals when the lights...
Earth Materials #209 Human magnets! (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Modelling ancient and modern magnetic fields, using your...
Earth Materials #80 Frozen magnetism (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Preserving evidence of a past magnetic field in...
Earth Materials #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...
Earth Materials #155 Found in the ground: sorted! tsawa6/19/20160 An introduction to classification using things ‘found in the...
Earth Materials #30 Eureka! – detecting ore the Archimedes way tsawa6/19/20160 Measuring density using a stick, string, a ruler, a bucket and a bottle of...
Earth Materials #216 Did the continents move for you? tsawa6/19/20160 Plotting the movement of continents using apparent polar wandering...
Earth Materials #58 Darwin’s ‘big soil idea’ tsawa6/19/20160 Can you work out how Charles Darwin ‘discovered’ how soil...
Earth Materials #143 Building Stones 4 – Metamorphic rocks tsawa6/19/20160 What are the differences between metamorphic rocks commonly used as building...
Earth Materials #140 Building Stones 3 – Sedimentary rocks tsawa6/19/20160 How do the sedimentary rocks used for building stones...
Earth Materials #137 Building Stones 2 – Igneous rocks tsawa6/19/20160 What are the differences between igneous rocks commonly used as building...
Earth Materials #134 Building Stones 1 – a resource for several Earthlearningidea activities tsawa6/19/20160 Use a key to identify many different attractive-looking...
Earth Materials #182 ‘Rockery 2’ – rock cycle game tsawa6/19/20160 Model the stages of the rock cycle - with your...
Earth Materials #178 ‘Rockery 1’ – rock game tsawa6/19/20160 Model different characteristics of rocks - with your...
Earth Energy/Processes #94 Why do igneous rocks have different crystal sizes? (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Simulating crystallisation from a melt at different rates of...
Earth Energy/Processes #217 What drives the plates? tsawa6/19/20160 Using a pupil model to demonstrate that slab pull is the main plate-driving...
Earth Energy/Processes #91 Wegener’s ‘Continental drift’ meets Wilson’s ‘Plate tectonics’ (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 How Wegener’s continental drift evidence matches up with evidence for plate...
Earth Energy/Processes #214 Weathering limestone – with my own breath! tsawa6/19/20160 A classroom demonstration of how limestone is...
Earth Energy/Processes #46 Weathering – rocks breaking up and breaking down tsawa6/19/20160 Matching pictures and descriptions of weathered rocks with the processes of weathering that formed...
Earth Energy/Processes #89 Volcano in the lab (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Modelling igneous processes in wax and...
Earth Energy/Processes #145 Volcano and dykes/jelly and cream – radial dykes (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Intruding cream radial ‘dykes’ into jelly ‘volcanoes’ until they...
Earth Energy/Processes #16 Valley in 30 seconds – pulling rocks apart tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating faulting in an empty...
Earth Energy/Processes #99 Unfair ‘build your own crystal’ race (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 A crystal building ‘race’ showing the greater the time available, the larger the...
Earth Energy/Processes #207 Teacher – ‘What’s the difference between weathering and erosion?’ tsawa6/19/20160 Addressing common misconceptions about weathering and...
Earth Energy/Processes #51 Squeezed out of shape tsawa6/19/20160 Detecting the distortion after rocks have been affected by Earth...
Earth Energy/Processes #38 See how they run tsawa6/19/20160 Investigate why some lavas flow further and more quickly than...
Earth Energy/Processes #179 Sedimentary structures – sole marks tsawa6/19/20160 Evidence from the base of a sedimentary...
Earth Energy/Processes #184 Sedimentary structures – load casts tsawa6/19/20160 Interpreting odd bumps on the bases of...
Earth Energy/Processes #181 Sedimentary structures – imbrication tsawa6/19/20160 Which way did the river...
Earth Energy/Processes #177 Sedimentary structures – graded bedding tsawa6/19/20160 Make your own graded bed - one depositional event, but with coarse to fine...
Earth Energy/Processes #195 Sedimentary structures – cross-bedding and ancient currents tsawa6/19/20160 Using cross bedding to find the directions of ancient...
Earth Energy/Processes #194 Sedimentary structures – cross-bedding and ‘way-up’ tsawa6/19/20160 Using cross bedding to determine the way-up of a bed of sedimentary...
Earth Energy/Processes #66 Sandcastles and slopes tsawa6/19/20160 What makes sandcastles and slopes...
Earth Energy/Processes #11 Sand ripple marks in a washbowl tsawa6/19/20160 How asymmetrical ripple marks form in...
Earth Energy/Processes #12 Sand ripple marks in a tank tsawa6/19/20160 How symmetrical ripple marks form in...
Earth Energy/Processes #230 Rolling, hopping floating and invisibly moving along tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating how sediment is transported by...
Earth Energy/Processes #21 Rock, rattle and roll tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating the resistance of rocks to erosion by shaking in a plastic...
Earth Energy/Processes #88 Plate tectonics through the window (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 What might you see through a window or porthole at an active plate...
Earth Energy/Processes #87 Plate riding (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Role-play plate-surfing to ask: ‘How is the plate you live on moving...
Earth Energy/Processes #82 Partial melting – simple process, huge global impact (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 How partial melting, coupled with plate tectonics, has changed the chemistry of our...
Earth Energy/Processes #84 Model a spreading ocean floor offset by transform faults tsawa6/19/20160 A model of the transform fault ‘steps’ in oceanic ridges and their magnetic...
Earth Energy/Processes #43 Metamorphism – that’s Greek for ‘change of shape’ isn’t it? tsawa6/19/20160 What changes can we expect when rocks are put under great pressure in the...
Earth Energy/Processes #121 Merry waves – all year round (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Modelling how the energy of seismic waves is...
Earth Energy/Processes #118 Margarine mountain-building tsawa6/19/20160 Making mountains every time you make a...
Earth Energy/Processes #86 Mantle plume in a beaker (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Modelling processes at a constructive (divergent) plate...
Earth Energy/Processes #27 Make your own rock tsawa6/19/20160 Investigating how loose sediment may be stuck together to form a...
Earth Energy/Processes #81 Magnetic stripes (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Modelling the symmetrical magnetic pattern of the rocks of the sea...
Earth Energy/Processes #93 James Hutton – or ‘Mr. Rock Cycle’? (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Thinking towards the rock cycle, the Hutton...
Earth Energy/Processes #205 Isostasy 1 (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Modelling the state of ‘balance’ of the Earth’s outer...
Earth Energy/Processes #180 Ice power (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Freezing water in a syringe to measure...
Earth Energy/Processes #208 Hotspots (ELI+) tsawa6/19/20160 Modelling the movement of a plate across the...
Earth Energy/Processes #9 Himalayas in 30 seconds! tsawa6/19/20160 Making a miniature fold mountain range in an empty...
Earth Energy/Processes #122 Fluids, friction and failure tsawa6/19/20160 How can unseen fluids affect the movement along faults and glacier...
Earth Energy/Processes #210 Falling slopes tsawa6/19/20160 Modelling how rock cliffs and slopes can...
Earth Energy/Processes #104 Evidence from the deep freeze tsawa6/19/20160 Photographs of glacial and periglacial...