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.

   

This ELI is useful for teachers planning their lessons. It is also fun to do while out and about.  'View to the future – and the past; using a viewpoint or overview educationally'.

Many related activities can be found in our Fieldwork - Investigating the Earth category.

   

A good children's activity for outside in hot weather is 'Mud, Mud, glorious mud; make your own bricks'.

Other ideas for young children can be found in our ELI Early years category.

   

Most of you will have heard about the devastating wildfires occurring at the moment (July 2026) in Spain. On this blog, we try to publish relevant up-to-date activities but sadly, we do not have an ELI about wildfires. Is there anyone out there who would like to write one for us?

The closest we have is 'Which natural hazards could damage the area where you live? - How safe is your home area?'

Related activities can be found in our Natural Hazards category

   

The new ELI today is 'The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch"; how ocean currents trap our plastic waste'.

This activity simulates how the ocean circulation of the North Pacific Gyre collects floating plastic pollutants, to form vast floating zones of rubbish.

Related activities can be found in our Oceanography and in our Environment categories.