Resources

=Resources= Links to useful websites: [|Earth science lesson plans]from the curriki site [|Intute] website, discussing ongoing science projects [|Google directory] of Earth Sciences

Rock cycle: [|Interactive animation] [|Rocks and minerals] [|Earth floor] website [|Interactive rock cycle]

Sedimentation: [|Definition] [|Sedimentation models] [|Rock hounds] [|Images] of fossils

Research [|Brickhouse, 1990] focused on teachers' beliefs about the nature of science and the relationship to classroom practise. [|Englebrecht et al.] investigated understanding using concept maps and interviews. [|Eylon & Linn, 1988] examined four research perspectives in science education, Earth Sciences among them. [|Kali et al., 2003] examined pupil perception of the Earth's crust as a cyclic system [|King, 2000] examined teachers' misconceptions in Earth Sciences. [|Mayer, 1995] discussed the integration of Earth systems in the science curriculum. [|Muthukrishna et al., 1991] discussed whether children's alternative frameworks should be directly addressed in teaching. [|Orion et al. 1997] investigated the link between education in Earth Sciences and spatial awareness in college students. [|Oversby, 1996] discussed knowledge of earth sciences in primary and secondary school students and PGCE students. [|Schoon, 1989] examined misconceptions in Earth Sciences, in a cross-age study. [|White, 2007] used crayons to model the rock cycle.

The Science Video Bank is a web based community collecting collating and sorting youTube video clips for use as teaching resources for KS3/4/5 science. Click for contents page or for Geological processes