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Fossils: How do they form and what can they tell us about ancient life on Earth?
Volcanoes: What is a volcano and how do they form?
Mineral Resources: How are minerals used in our everyday lives?
Earth science classroom activities on rocks & fossils:
Have a look at our new selection of activity sheets and presentations.
What are fossils? Ho do they form? Why are they important?
Fossils presentation
Fossils activity
What is a dinosaur? When did they live? What were the different types of dinosaur.
Dinosaur factsheet
Dinosaur presentation
Dinosaur activity
Dinosaur footprint activity
Mary Anning was a famous fossil hunter from the 19th century. Find out about her life and her remarkable discoveries in our Mary Anning factsheet.
Almost everything in the modern world uses minerals or their by-products in some way. Find out how geologists explore for mineral deposits, how they are mined and some unexpected uses!
Could we ever know how dinosaurs thought or behaved? (David Norman, May 2018)
Why Earth developed into the crucible of life, and Venus into a hostile wasteland (Sami Mikhail, November 2017)
Space rocks, rockets and robots - Exploring our Solar System today and tomorrow (Caroline Smith, April 2017)
Engineering a Dinosaur (Emily Rayfield, March 2017)
The Cambrian Alum Shales of Scandinavia and their Remarkable Trilobites (Euan Clarkson, March 2015)
Geology in Space: Meteorites and Cosmic Dust (Matthew Genge, June 2014)
Earth scientists talk about their latest discoveries:
Exceptionally preserved fossils | Salt Tectonics | Glories of Mud
Hunting Pterosaurs (Geoscientist, July 2015)
Finding our marbles (Geoscientist, May 2015)
Into the Volcano (Geoscientist, Feb 2016)
Iron from the sky (Geoscientist, April 2014)
A simple interactive geological map of the British Isles for amateur geologists, students and teachers. View the main rock units with accompanying timecharts, create custom maps highlighting specific rocks, or print outlines for students to colour in.
Small and medium scale maps of UK geology, available for free in several formats. The iGeology smartphone app lets you take geological maps wherever you go. The Online Viewer includes maps, borehole scans, earthquakes & 3D models. The Maps Portal has high resolution scans of maps and sections, including 1:63,360/1:50,000 scale maps of England, Wales & Scotland.
Key Stages, GCSEs and A Levels refer to the National Curriculum taught in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; Levels, Standards and Highers refer to the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence.