Thinking about doing fieldwork? 'The do-it-yourself dip and strike model (with DIY clinometer); using a model to measure and understand dip, dip direction, strike and apparent dip'.

This ELI involves making and using a model that explains dip, strike and apparent dip, and gives exercises on these measurements.

Many activities related to fieldwork can be found in out Fieldwork category in 'Investigating the Earth'.

   

Following the deposition of sediments last week, we now move on to considering the Rock Cycle  'Laying out the rock cycle: product and process; sorting out the rock cycle products – and then adding the processes'.

Many related activities can be found in the Rock Cycle category in Earth as a System.

   

Today's ELI is 'Mighty river in a small gutter; sediments on the move'.

Other related activities can be found in our Sedimentary Processes category.

   

Our ELI for today is 'Weathering- rocks breaking up and breaking down; Matching pictures and descriptions of weathered rocks with the processes of weathering that formed them'.

This activity encourages pupils to study the appearance of weathered rocks and to understand the processes which produce weathering.

Related activities can be found in our Sedimentary processes  in our Earth energy / processes category.

   

Our new ELI today is 'Soil erosion; an animated model of the factors affecting soil erosion'.

This ELI involves an activity  where the students vary the factors affecting soil erosion, via an animated graphic. The animation provides a visual way of learning the effects of several factors in soil erosion.

Other activities about soils can be found in our Soils category in Earth materials.