Bucks Earth Heritage Group
Education
There is an education pack available with ideas on sites to visit in addition
to classroom
and field activities. Some of this pack is provided here for download.
The material is free of copyright for school or other educational (non-profit
making) use. We just ask for acknowledgement as to the source. For others,
copyright permission can be obtained for a small donation to the group via Mike
Palmer (see under Contacts). Answers and suggestions of the required
fossils or other handy hints for lessons can be obtained from us.
Please ask for any items you would like to use from:
1. General
 | Geology of Bucks overview sheet |
| Geological timescale |
| Geological map of Bucks to colour |
| Geological cross section Whiteleaf Hill |
| Fossils and ancient environments |
| Life in the Cretaceous (student & teacher's notes) |
| Ammonite mural workshop + 3 templates |
| Fossil ID sheet (a key for 8 invertebrate groups) |
| Fossil activities |
2. Site information:
| List of sites to visit |
| Bradenham |
| Brill |
| Buckingham Sand Pit |
| College Lake |
| Coombs Quarry |
| Northmoor Hill |
| Olney |
| Ridgeway/the Kimbles |
| West Wycombe |
3. The Whiteleaf NNR pack:
| Whiteleaf Information sheet |
| Geological cross-section to colour |
| Whiteleaf-Cadesden Hill sketch |
| Whiteleaf work areas sketch |
| Whiteleaf skyline activity |
| School worksheets & teacher's notes containing: 1.
Landscape and soils; 2. The Long Barrow; 3. The Quarry section; 4. Fossil
Quiz; 5. How long ago?; 6. Describing rocks; 7. What rocks are full of
holes?; 8. What rock is the oldest?; 9. Make your own rocks; 10. How to make
soil. |
Art class based on rock layers and ammonites
Led field trip across Ivinghoe Beacon to Incombe Hole
We can arrange access to quarries for visits led by professional
geologists
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