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Rocks Minerals and Fossils

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Understanding porosity

This resource includes an activity on assessment of understanding porosity and a table showing porosities of common materials. Assessment of understanding of porosity This set of multiple-choice questions assesses understanding of porosity. Porosities of natural and manufactured rock and mineral based materials This table lists the range of porosities and bulk densities of various common …

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Sedimentary grains

This resource includes two powerpoints about sedimentary grains. One illustrates particle size, shape and sorting and environments of deposition. The other provides a set of questions based on photographs of different sedimentary rocks and a range of sand grain samples. Particle size, shape and sorting.This resource illustrates particle size, shape and sorting and environments of …

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Rock around campus

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 …

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Sedimentary diagrams and plots

A set of 3 PowerPoints explaining how to use and read some basic sedimentary diagrams and plots. Hjulström’s diagram This PowerPoint outlines how to use the Hjulström’s diagram. This diagram shows the Hjulström curve – is a graph used by hydrologists and geologists to determine whether a river will erode, transport, or deposit sediment. Bedform …

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Drawings of rock thin sections

Rock revision exercise This revision exercise is based on looking at drawings of rock thin sections. It requires identification of textures and grain sizes of a selection of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.

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Turbidity currents

Video of a laboratory turbidity current demonstration

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Shell orientation

Video showing the effect of unidirectional flow in a flume tank.

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Makse cell

A video showing a dry experiment that simulates separation of grain types on slip faces of dunes and ripples.

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Fossilised Fish

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Palaeontology

A variety of lesson plans for introducing palaeontology

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Sedimentary Environments

A variety of lesson plans for introducing sedimentary environments

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Sedimentary Rocks and Processes

A variety of lesson plans for introducing sedimentary rocks and processes.

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Metamorphic Rocks and Processes

A variety of lesson plans for introducing metamorphic rocks and processes.

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