The World of Geology
The World of Geology is an on-line portal for children and adults (especially teachers), which contains unique information and materials from the world of inanimate nature.
The portal called the World of Geology contains a large amount of the latest findings in the field of Earth sciences, which are presented in an understandable form to both children and teachers. The information on the portal can serve not only for entertainment, but also as an exceptional collection of knowledge of inanimate nature for children or as a good basis for preparing school lessons. Teachers can find there an inspiration for lessons, including tips on geological field trips and hands-on experiments with geological topics.
Basic information
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Teachers can find a lot of activities and teaching materials for pupils on this portal. A list of selected attractive links is given below.
- Discover geology – characteristics of specific fields of geology and main topics
- Places to go – useful tips for interesting geological localities/geoparks
- Field trips – outdoor excursions to notable landscape elements prepared in a user-friendly format (pdf file to download, divided into regions of the Czech Republic for better orientation)
- Interesting experiments - hands-on experiments with geological topics and virtual laboratories
- Quizzes and tests
- Web application
- Films about geology
- Unique animation of life in the Paleozoic
- For teachers – unique set of teaching materials on the core geological topics including worksheets, project fieldwork, methodology for teachers and e-learning lesson
- Geology for curious minds – The book called “Geology for curious minds” is a practical tool for teachers at primary school and lower secondary school to enrich the standard curriculum as well as a source of additional information for after-school clubs. It contains the following parts: Experiments, Quizzes and Fieldtrips
- With the geologist around the Czech Republic – the book is intended not only for primary school pupils, but also for the general public. The most important processes which shaped the landscape of the Czech Republic and many interesting facts about geological history are described in the book. The text is supplemented with quality large-scale photographs