Geoscience Resources from University of Edinburgh

Kay Douglas is Widening Participation and Outreach Co-ordinator at the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh and works on the team creating resources for schools and communities.  She has very kindly shared links to the resources created to date.

Early/First Level

Local Biodiversity Outside Your Window

Sow it, Grow it, Taste it (interdisciplinary resource)

First/Second Overlap

Bees and Biodiversity (Multidisciplinary Learning)

Nothing Goes to Wate in Nature – Lesson Plans on Organic Matter Cycling

Second Level

Scientific Methods, Psychology and illusion

 

Learning Ecology Through Art

Rewilding: Geography, Art and the Community

Identifying British Trees

Plants: what they need to grow and why we need them

Fertilisers in Food Production (interdisciplinary learning)

Sustainability and Conservation

Adaptation and Extinction of Woolly Mammoths

Ocean Biodiversity, Food Webs and Habitats

Plastic in the Ocean (Interdisciplinary Learning)

Sustainable Schools – an IDL STEM design challenge

Climate Change – Interdisciplinary STEM Challenge

 

Germs, disease, Vaccines and Chemical Reactions

Infectious Disease Outbreaks – an interactive learning tool

 

Adaptions of Life in the Solar System

Forces Fiona Asks About Gravity

Spaceman Sam and Comets

 

Wizarding: Potions, Chemical Reactions and Spelling Patterns

Wonder in Magic Electrostatics – Magic wand trick

Wonder in Magic Chemical Reactions – Magic Invisible Ink Trick

Wonder in Magic Probability – Magic Card Trick

Wonder in Magic – Air Pressure

Volcano, Continents and Oceans (Interdisciplinary Learning)

Volcanoes and Volanologists

Earth’s Materials: volcanic eruptions (Interdisciplinary Learning)

Flight School Forces 1: Parachutes and Air Resistance (Drag)

Flight School Forces 2: Wing Lift

Flight School Forces 3: Helicopter Thrust

Flight School Forces 4: Missile (Weight)

Flight School Forces: Aeroplane

Second/third overlap

History through the Senses

Kind Clothing: A Guide to Sustainable Fashion

Outdoor Learning (Interdisciplinary Learning)

Earth’s Materials: volcanic eruptions (Interdisciplinary Learning)

Climate Change Game

LGBT+ Issues – A Resource for Secondary Schools

Pokemon Average Posters

All the resources are on TES – University of Edinburgh Open.Ed – Teaching Resources – TES

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