Shell orientation
Video showing the effect of unidirectional flow in a flume tank.
Makse cell
A video showing a dry experiment that simulates separation of grain types on slip faces of dunes and ripples.
Videos showing ‘way up’
These show features in sedimentary rocks that are used to work out way up (younging). Suitable for school, college (A Level) and university …
Structural Geology
A variety of lesson plans suitable for teaching school (GCSE) and college (A Level) students.
The length of geological time
An exercise that encourages students to look at the ways in which geologists began to understand time
Georiddle – A Stratigraphy Problem
A geological puzzle to build a geological history and cross-section
Age Relations
The order of events based on dyke and vein cross-cutting relationships in Donegal, Ireland.
A Stratigraphy Problem
An activity to reconstruct the geological history of an area based on a sea cliff exposure.
Cambrian Detective Story
An activity featuring trace fossils related to trilobites.
Outcrop pattern on a map
How outcrop pattern corresponds to the underlying geology
Geology Field Sketches
Guidelines, tests and interactive content to get the most out of field sketches