MAGMA Lab
This resource is a series of short videos created for schools and colleges to share how the MAGMA Lab at the University of Liverpool uses fieldwork …
Modelling seafloor volcanoes
This very simple numerical model helps us to understand what controls whether oceanic volcanoes reach sea-level to form islands. It shows how …
How old is this rock?
This PowerPoint briefly explains radiometric dating and introduces the terms: half-life, closure temperatures, decay constant, decay law, parent …
Introduction to Radon and Radioactivity
This resource is an introduction to radon and radioactivity. It covers basic characteristics of radioactivity and radon, the health effects of radon …
Rock around Port Sunlight village, Wirral
This urban geology trail is a route around Port Sunlight village, which is a model industrial village founded in 1888 by William Hesketh Lever (later …
Reservoir building conflict
This resource – the Stillwater Reservoir Conflict – is an activity that simulates the roles played by various interested parties when the …
Brownfield site remediation
These resources cover industrial brownfield sites, stages in development of these sites and the remediation technologies used. This is one of three …
Rocks in thin section
This resource is a basic introduction to looking at rocks in thin section. The resource includes a section outlining the parts of a polarising light …
Sand analysis
This resource includes a sand analysis exercise and photographs of sediment grain mounts of sands deposited in different sedimentary environments. …
Folds image library
These images are ‘free to use’ for non-commercial educational purposes. Please acknowledge their source as GeoHubLiverpool.
Faults image library
These images are ‘free to use’ for non-commercial educational purposes. Please acknowledge their source as GeoHubLiverpool.