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13 Joint Earth Science Education Initiative (JESEI): list of modules
Contents of JESEI website (early 2004) (www.jesei.org)
A = All subjects
B = Biology
C = Chemistry
P = Physics
Title
Activity
P
The age of the Earth: can you believe everything you read?
pen & paper
P
The age of the Earth: the changing views of science
pen & paper
A
Amazing Earth: facts that fascinate
pen & paper/ICT
B
Carbon cycle: exchanging carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and ocean
practical
B
Carbon cycle in the lab: carbon products and the processes that link them
teacher demo
B
Carbon cycle: releasing dinosaur breath in the lab
practical
B
Carbon cycle: where is this crucial carbon?
teacher demo
B
The carbon dioxide greenhouse - is it effective?: a lab ICT test
teacher demo
C
Chemical weathering of limestone: my breath and rock chippings from the car park
practical
C
The chemistry of limestone
practical
C
Crystal size and cooling rate: fast and slow cooling of lead iodide
practical
B
Cycling carbon: seeing how plants use carbon dioxide in the lab
practical
P
Dangerous Earth: a plate tectonic story
pen & paper
P
Earth’s crust: thinner than you think
practical
C
Earth’s crust versus the prep. room: why the differences?
pen & paper
P
Earthquake waves: the ‘find the earthquake’ team challenge
pen & paper
P
Earthquakes or nuclear explosions?: seismic clues to dirty deeds
pen & paper
C
The folding of rocks: lab simulations
practical/teacher demo
C
Igneous processes: matching the evidence they leave behind
pen & paper
C
Igneous rocks: completing the 3D picture
pen & paper
P
Investigating the Earth: the ‘find the Mars bar’ challenge
practical
C
The limestone inquiry, 21st Century
role play
C
Limestone in your everyday life
pen & paper
P
Magnetic patterns: ocean floor pattern plotting
pen & paper
P
Magnetic stripes on the ocean floor: a lab simulation
teacher demo
P
Mantle convection moving plates: the golden syrup / hobnob teacher demonstration
teacher demo
C
Metamorphic modelling: simulating metamorphic processes
practical/teacher demo
C
Minerals, elements and the Earth’s crust
pen & paper
C
Plate riding: how is the plate you are on moving now?
pen & paper
P
The plate tectonic story: a scientific jigsaw
pen & paper
B
Protecting the Earth: how big is your ecological footprint?
pen & paper
C
Rock cycle in the lab: Earth products and the processes that link them
practical /teacher demo
C
Sedimentary rock from sand: syringe simulation
practical
C
Separating mixtures: how we concentrate natural materials
practical/teacher demo
C
Sequencing of rocks: what was the order of events?
practical/teacher demo
P
Solid mantle in full flow: the DIY potty putty simulation
practical
P
Structure of the Earth: probing anomalous balls
practical
P
Structure of the Earth: the story of the waves
pen & paper
P
Structure of the Earth: teacher demonstrating seismic evidence for the core
teacher demo
B
Tree rings: a climate record of the past
pen & paper
C
Weathering and erosion: simulating rock attack in the lab
practical
C
Will my gravestone last?: an investigative graveyard visit
practical
C
Volcano in the lab: a wax volcano in action
teacher demo