Soil pollution and town planning
This activity is a real-world type scenario where an old industrial site is being redeveloped. In order to do this safely a ground pollution survey is …
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Limestones and quarrying
This resource includes a PowerPoint outlining limestone classification and uses and a practical which leads you to developing an Environmental Impact …
Limestone identification
This resource includes a PowerPoint explaining how limestones are classified and identified. It also includes a limestone ID sheet, a worksheet for a …
Sand mining and sustainability
Sand is now being extracted at a rate far greater than renewal and extraction has a significant impact on the environment. The volume being extracted …
Golden Syrup Lava Flows
This is a school and college-level activity to model lava flows in the laboratory or classroom using golden syrup as an analogue for lava. This …
Herdman Symposium
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2026 SYMPOSIUM CLICK HERE What is the Herdman Symposium The Herdman Symposium has been running since 1973 and is an annual …
Looking at sands
This resource includes a PowerPoint explaining how microscopy can be used to analyse sands, information about how sand samples are categorised, a …
What particle size data can tell us about depositional environments
This resource includes a practical activity developed by Dr Stephen Brough for the Earth Science Teachers’ Association Conference which was hosted by …
Field excursion to Thurstaston Hill, Wirral
This resource is an outline of a field excursion to Thurstaston Hill on the Wirral organised by Prof Dan Faulkner for the Earth Science Teachers’ …
Journey to the centre of an earthquake
Click on the image to download the PowerPoint. This resource is a PowerPoint presentation produced by Prof Dan Faulkner for the Earth Science …
Geoscience: addressing global challenges
Click on the image to download the PowerPoint. This resource is a PowerPoint presentation produced by Prof Peter Burgess for the Earth Science …
Volcanology Teaching Resources
Geohub Liverpool thanks the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) and the UK volcanology research community for their assistance collating this …
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 …
Water, Rivers and Coasts
Water, Rivers and Coasts is a web-based resource suitable for use by teachers and pupils in primary and early years in secondary schools in the UK. It …
The search for Celtic Sea Oil
This simulation game for sixth forms shows some of the techniques used by companies searching for oil and gas. The technical and economic problems …
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 …
SketchFab Models
This resource is a set of Sketchfab 3D models of hand specimens used in an online version of a University of Liverpool geology practical exercise. …
Reservoir building conflict
This resource – the Stillwater Reservoir Conflict – is an activity that simulates the roles played by various interested parties when the …
Scanning Electron Microscope
This resource is an introduction to the SEM.
Cross-bedded sandstone outcrop
This shows a sandstone outcrop on The Roaches in the Peak District of England. The sandstone layers show cross bedding and the sandstone layers have …