Earthlearningidea - http://www.earthlearningidea.com/ Sand ripple marks in a washbowl How asymmetrical ripple marks form in sand From Godfrey Nolan,

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• Sedimentary structures
• Ripple marks
• Dune
• Sand
• Sedimentology
• Geology
• Physical geography

Earthlearningidea - http://www.earthlearningidea.com Be a mineral expert - 2 Identifying minerals using ‘action’ tests - streak, density, hardness, acid test This activity is an extension of ‘Be a mineral expert -

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• Matter
• Carbonate minerals
• Mineral
• Mohs scale of mineral hardness
• Fluorite
• Galena
• Calcite
• Sphalerite
• Selenite
• Chemistry
• Crystallography
• Mineralogy

Earthlearningidea - www.earthlearningidea.com Playground planets Modelling the relative sizes of the planets and their distances from the Sun From Charlie, UK

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• Solar System
• Planetary habitability
• Planet
• Proxima Centauri
• Sun
• The Planets
• Astronomy
• Planetary science
• Space

Earthlearningidea- http://www.earthlearningidea.com/ Where shall we drill for oil? Sorting out the sequence - oil prospect Show the pupils the diagram. Explain that it is a

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• Soft matter
• Petroleum production
• Petroleum reservoir
• Reservoirs
• Source rock
• Caprock
• Anticline
• Blowout
• Hydrocarbon exploration
• Geology
• Petroleum geology
• Petroleum

Earthlearningidea - http://www.earthlearningidea.com/ 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 like Look

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• Quarry
• Surface mining
• Slate industry in Wales

Earthlearningidea - http://www.earthlearningidea.com/ Which power source? – solving the crisis in Kiama Searching for all the power sources that could be developed in a mythical country Kiama has a power crisis. It us

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• Energy economics
• Biofuels
• Energy policy
• Energy development
• Technology development
• Non-renewable resource
• Fossil fuel
• Biogas
• Energy industry
• Energy
• Technology
• Waste management

Earthlearningidea - http://www.earthlearningidea.com/ Bouncing, bending, breaking Modelling the properties of the Earth’s mantle with Potty Putty™ from a toy shop Pupils (and some writers of textbooks) often find

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• Deformation
• Solid mechanics
• Structure of the Earth
• Plasticity
• Silly Putty
• Earthquake
• Mantle
• Asthenosphere
• Brittleness
• Mechanics
• Physics
• Materials science

Earthlearningidea Wie wiegt man einen Dinosaurier? Anhand eines Dinosaurierfußabdrucks kann man das Gesamtgewicht des Tieres ermitteln. Dinosaurier haben an einigen Stellen Fußabdrücke im Sand oder Matsch hinterlasse

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Extension idea from Sri Lanka - “Great soil race” Understand the permeability of soils This activity has developed based on the Earthlearningidea which was appeared in the website on 28th April, 2008. Second year Ear

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• Land management
• Aquifers
• Permeability
• Petroleum
• Land use
• Soil
• Atterberg limits
• Agriculture
• Soil mechanics
• Hydrology
• Materials science

Earthlearningidea - http://www.earthlearningidea.com/ Flood through the window - what would you see, how would you feel? Pupils picture for themselves what a major flood through the window might look like If a major flo

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• Flood control
• Physical geography
• Flood
• Water
• Weather
• Internet Relay Chat flood
• River Thames
• Environment Agency
• Flood warning
• Meteorology
• Atmospheric sciences
• Hydrology