This series of resources, produced by the Earth Science Teachers' Association, help students gain a greater understanding of earth science. Extensive teacher guidance and student materials encourage an investigative approach to the subject.

Areas covered include:

  • the properties of different rock types
  • sedimentation processes 
  • the influence of geological features on water supply, waste and nuclear waste disposal

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Science of the Earth Unit 14: Who's for a Hot Tight Squeeze in Inner Space?

Produced by the Earth Science teachers' Association, these resources aim to help students understand the economic benefit derived from the use of natural raw materials.

In doing so, students gain an understanding of obtaining materials from rocks and also the temperatures and pressures operating underground...

Science of the Earth Unit 15: Geothermal Energy

This series of resources, produced by the Earth Science Teachers' Association, helps students gain a greater understanding of earth science. Extensive teacher guidance and student materials encourage an investigative approach to the subject.

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Science of the Earth Unit 17: Cool it - Liquid Magma to Solid Rock

These materials, from the earth Science Teachers' Association, introduce the concept of kinetic theory and relate it to the formation of igneous rock.

Students see how the rate of cooling and crystal size relate to the formation of igneous rocks.

Science of the Earth Unit 18: Salts of the Earth

In this Science of the Earth unit from the Earth Science Teachers' Association, students are introduced to some minerals which are produced naturally by the evaporation of sea water. They consider the geological evidence for the origins of evaporite minerals and develop awareness of the origins of common salts and...

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