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 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 …
This simulation game for sixth forms shows some of the techniques used by companies searching for oil and gas. The technical and economic problems faced and the geological methods used in the search for oil are illustrated by this game. Oil exploration is a combination of skill, luck, and professional judgment and this game should …
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 Lord Leverhulme). It introduces the rocks and Earth materials used in the buildings and paved areas in the village.
This resource – the Stillwater Reservoir Conflict – is an activity that simulates the roles played by various interested parties when the siting of a reservoir is the subject of a public enquiry. Stillwater Reservoir ConflictThis outlines the activity which is designed to help students appreciate the importance of geology to society. It also develops …
These resources cover industrial brownfield sites, stages in development of these sites and the remediation technologies used. This is one of three PDFs explaining what is meant by the term ‘brownfield site’, covering the contaminants that may occur on brownfield sites and outlining the physical remediation technologies that can be used on these sites. Part …
This resource explains the diagenetic processes in sandstones and details the processes that result in anomalous porosity. The future of exploration? This PDF covers the diagenetic processes in sandstones and details the processes that result in anomalous porosity. It also explains the need to develop sophisticated geological models to find high porosity anomalies in the …
This is a revision worksheet in applied geology. The worksheet is based on a geological cross section that shows different oil and gas traps.
These are fully accessible trails around the University of Liverpool. The aim is to introduce the rocks and man-made materials used in the buildings and paving around the campus. There are seven different self-led trails to choose from.Each trail guide includes a map showing the names of buildings on the campus, a glossary of terms …
This video considers when we might hit the limit agreed in the Paris Climate Change Agreement, 2016.
This video considers how much carbon dioxide has been added to the atmosphere during your lifetime.
