Have you tried 'Magnetic Earth; modelling the magnetic field of the Earth'.

This ELI involves finding out the location and magnetic field lines of a bar magnet hidden inside a sphere of PlasticineTM, as an analogy for the magnetic field of the Earth (but you don't mention the bar magnet when you use it!)

Teaching videos are also available.

Related activities can be found in our Magnetism category within Investigating the Earth.

   

Our new ELI for November is 'Probing the ground – by physics; using the remote sensing power of physics, to find what is beneath the ground'.

Related activities can be found in our Investigating the Earth category in Geophysics.

   

Our ELI today is certainly relevant to large parts of the UK and to many areas of the world - 'How can storms affect erosion rates? - predict what will happen to a landscape if it is affected by a storm.'

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

   

We're continuing our landforms theme with 'Picturing Landforms 1 - Visualise and draw landforms from a verbal description'.

This activity enhances pupils’ skills of description and interpretation using photographs of landforms.

Related activities can be found in our Geomorphology category in Investigating the Earth.

   

The new ELI for October is field based - 'Burbage Valley Part 2 - Landforms; identifying and interpreting landforms'.

In this activity, students use a set of photographs to identify a variety of landforms and attempt to explain their origin.

Related activities can be found in Fieldwork and in Geomorphology, both in our Investigating the Earth category.