What is the Herdman Symposium The Herdman Symposium has been running since 1973 and is an annual regional gathering of Earth Scientists. For one day every year, the Herdman Symposium delivers a new scientific programme of talks given by internationally leading experts across earth sciences and centred on topical issues of the day. It is …
This resource includes photographs of seven different sands and shows how the sand grains can be identified. The resource was produced by Lis Rushworth, Maggie & Peter Williams for one of the workshops organised for the Earth Science Teachers’ Association Conference which was hosted by the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Liverpool …
This resource includes a practical activity developed by Dr Stephen Brough for the Earth Science Teachers’ Association Conference which was hosted by the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Liverpool in September 2024. The activity, adapted from ENVS120 Experiments in Physical Geography, University of Liverpool, uses an Emery Tube and the application of …
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Click on the image to download the details of the field excursion. 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’ Association Conference which was hosted by the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Liverpool in September …
Click on the image to download the PowerPoint. This resource is a PowerPoint presentation produced by Prof Dan Faulkner for the Earth Science Teachers’ Association Conference which was hosted by the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Liverpool in September 2024. It explains how industries needed for the green transition (e.g. geothermal, CCS) …
Click on the image to download the PowerPoint. This resource is a PowerPoint presentation produced by Prof Peter Burgess for the Earth Science Teachers’ Association Conference which was hosted by the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Liverpool in September 2024. It explains how geoscientists will be important to meet global challenges such …
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 and experiments in the lab to study volcanoes. Video 1: Welcome to the MAGMA Lab This video outlines how volcanoes can be studied in the lab and in the field. …
This very simple numerical model helps us to understand what controls whether oceanic volcanoes reach sea-level to form islands. It shows how low-flexural rigidity oceanic lithosphere should respond to growth of an intraplate volcnic complex. Although the initial version of this model is as simple as possible, we can see how it could be analysed, …
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This PowerPoint briefly explains radiometric dating and introduces the terms: half-life, closure temperatures, decay constant, decay law, parent isotope, daughter isotope. It looks at potassium-argon, samarium-neodymium and rubidium-strontium decay and explains how these three methods are used to date the age of a rock.
This resource is an introduction to radon and radioactivity. It covers basic characteristics of radioactivity and radon, the health effects of radon and its decay products, radon entry and behaviour. It also outlines the main radon mitigation strategies. The pdf includes links to further sources of information that users can explore.
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 covers the properties of water, the water cycle, processes in the water cycle, groundwater, the processes of erosion, transport and deposition in rivers and coasts, water supply and …
