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 …
Limestones and quarrying
This resource includes a PowerPoint outlining limestone classification and uses and a practical which leads you to developing an Environmental Impact …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The future of exploration?
This resource explains the diagenetic processes in sandstones and details the processes that result in anomalous porosity. The future of exploration? …
Oil and gas traps
This is a revision worksheet in applied geology. The worksheet is based on a geological cross section that shows different oil and gas traps.