Use these worksheets, activities, easels and assessments to support your geology teaching unit.

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NB: The author is Australian and as such uses British English (BE) spelling
Details of each activity are below!

Tectonic Map Activity

• 3 student activity sheets in A4 landscape format (PDF)
• Includes a moveable tectonic plate map on Easel
• Glue the sheet onto cardboard and cut out the pieces to create a simple puzzle map of the tectonic plates
• Complete the word search with words associated with plate tectonics
• Research the answers to the three questions on the reflection sheet
• Includes an Easel Assessment designed to accompany further research

Forces in Faults Play Dough Activity

• 2 student activity sheets + teacher sheet in total in A4 format
• Background information on faults and the different movements of tectonic plates.
• A list of the experiment materials needed (uses simple materials found in local shops, at home or in the classroom)
• The method on how to model faults slipping using play dough
• Reflection sheet with questions that determine student understanding
• Includes both an Easel Activity version of this worksheet and an Easel Assessment.

Moh's Scale of Candies Activity

• 4 student activity sheets + teacher sheet in total in A4 format
• Background information on Moh's Hardness scale
• A list of the experiment materials needed (uses simple materials found in local shops, at home or in the classroom)
• The method on how to conduct a Moh's Hardness scale experiment using candies
• Reflection sheet with questions that determine student understanding
• Includes both an Easel Activity version of this worksheet and an Easel Assessment.

Shake it up seismograph activity

• 8 student activity sheets in total in A4 format
• Background information on the science experiment in regard to plate tectonics and earthquakes
• A list of the experiment materials needed (uses simple materials found in local shops, at home or in the classroom)
• The method on how to conduct two seismograph experiments
• Activity on labelling an earthquake cross-section (including an answer sheet for teacher reference)
• Activity on colouring-in different tectonic plates on a world map
• Reflection sheet with questions that determine student understanding
• Includes both an Easel Activity version of this worksheet and an Easel Assessment.

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Going Further

Geology rocks school science workshop!

Have this award-winning school science workshop visit your school as either an incursion or interactive online program.

• Primary school incursion
• High school incursion