Curriculum Visions Overview

Featured video: the process of fossilisation Introduction, setting the scene for fossilisation. Supports: textbooks on 'Dinosaur' and fossils. Playing time: 5 min (V441)
Video playlist
Introduction: classroom cinema Introduction, setting the scene for fossilisation. Supports: textbook 'Dinosaur'. Playing time: 5 min (V441)
Flesh on the bones Reconstructions. Supports: textbook 'Dinosaur'. Playing time: 5 min (V442)
Diplodocus What a large herbivore was like. Supports: textbook 'Dinosaur'. Playing time: 7 min (V443)
Tarbosaurus (T. rex) Explains some features of a dinosaur hunter. Supports: textbook 'Dinosaur'. Playing time: 7 min (V444)
The story of evolution Explains what evolution is all about. Supports: textbook 'Evolution'. Playing time: 13 min (V115)
Ammonite A look at some ammonite fossils in limestone. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V838)
Goniatite A look at goniatite. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V855)
Belemnite A look at a belemnite fossil. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V840)
Gastropod (fossil snail) A look at a gastropod (a fossil snail). Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V852)
Mosasuar tooth A look at the tooth of an 85-million-year-old ocean reptile. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V860)
Nautilus A look at a nautilus shell. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V863)
Petrified wood A look at some wood that has turned to stone. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V866)
Trilobite A look at a trilobite fossil from the Cambrian period. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V883)
Sea snails (gastropods) A look at the shells of some sea snails (gastropods). Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V873)
Crinoid A look at a fossil crinoid (a coral-type creature that lived on the seabed). Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V848)
Dinosaur backbone A look at the backbone (vertebra) of a dinosaur. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V892)
Carboniferous fern A look at a fossilised fern from the Carboniferous period. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V843)
Fossil fish (Tertiary) A look at a fossilised fish. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V893)
Clam shell (bivalve) A look at a clam shell (a bivalve). Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V844)
Coral A look at some coral. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V846)
Starfish A look at the cast of a starfish. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V878)
Sea urchin A look at a fossilised sea urchin. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V874)
Volcanic cinders A look at some cinders from a volcano. Supports: textbook 'Volcanoes and earthquake'. Playing time: 1 min (V885)
Agate A look at some agate in the form of a slice of a geode. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Silicon', 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V835)
Alabaster A look at a small pyramid made of alabaster. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Calcium' and 'Rocks and soils'. Playing time: 1 min (V836)
Amethyst A look at some amethyst. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Silicon', 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V837)
Aragonite (calcium carbonate) A look at some aragonite (calcium carbonate). Supports: textbook 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V839)
Calcite crystals A look at some calcite crystals. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: A-F' and 'Elements: Calcium'. Playing time: 1 min (V841)
Iceland Spar calcite A look at a crystal of Iceland Spar (calcite). Supports: textbooks 'Elements: A-F' and 'Elements: Calcium'. Playing time: 1 min (V842)
Corundum A look at some corundum which contains ruby. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Aluminium', 'Elements: A-F', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V847)
Desert rose (gypsum) A look at some gypsum known as 'desert rose' because it sometimes looks like a flower. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Sulphur', 'Elements: Calcium' and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V849)
Emerald A look at some rock containing emerald. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Silicon', 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V850)
Garnet schist A look at some mica containing garnet. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Silicon', 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V851)
Geode A look at a geode. Supports: textbook 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic books 'Gems and minerals' and 'Rocks'. Playing time: 1 min (V853)
Gold-plating A look at a gold ring and some gold-plated flower decorations. Supports: textbooks 'Elements F-P', 'Elements: Copper, silver and gold', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V854)
Haematite A look at some haematite (iron ore). Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Iron', 'Elements: F-P', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V856)
Iron pyrites (fool's gold) A look at some iron pyrites (also known as fool's gold). Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Iron', 'Elements: F-P', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V857)
Magnetite A look at some magnetite with iron filings. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Iron', 'Elements: F-P', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V858)
Mica A look at some mica. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Iron', 'Elements: F-P', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V859)
Copper A look at some native (pure) copper. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Copper, silver and gold', 'Elements: A-F', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V861)
Copper ore A look at some copper ore. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Copper, silver and gold', 'Elements: A-F', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V845)
Silver A look at some native (pure) silver. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Copper, silver and gold', 'Elements: P-Z', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V862)
Obsidian A look at some obsidian (volcanic glass). Supports: textbooks 'Rocks and soils' and 'The Volcano and Earthquake book'. Playing time: 1 min (V864)
Quartz A look at some quartz. Supports: textbooks 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V870)
Rose quartz A look at some rose quartz. Supports: textbooks 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V869)
Smoky quartz A look at some smoky quartz. Supports: textbooks 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V876)
Ruby A look at some ruby crystals. Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V871)
Salt playa A look at some salt from a playa lake. Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V872)
Serpentine A look at an object made of polished serpentine. Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V875)
Soapstone A look at some African art made from soapstone. Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V877)
Sulphur A look at some sulphur. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Sulphur', 'Elements: P-Z', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V881)
Twinned crystal A look at a twinned crystal of gypsum. Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V884)
Lead crystal A look at some lead crystal. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Lead and tin', 'Elements: F-P', andcreative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V894)
Zinc sphalerite A look at some zinc ore, containing sulphide crystals. Supports: textbook 'Elements: Zinc, cadmium and mercury' and 'Elements: P-Z'. Playing time: 1 min (V886)
Beryl A look at some beryl. Supports: textbook 'Elements: Aluminium', 'Elements: Silicon', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V887)
Boulder clay A look at some boulder clay from under a glacier. Supports: textbook 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V888)
Crude Oil A look at some Texan crude oil. Supports: textbook 'Elements: Carbon'. Playing time: 1 min (V891)
Recycled glass A look at some jugs made from recycled glass. Supports: textbook 'Elements: Silicon', and creative topic book 'Glass'. Playing time: 1 min (V868)

Featured video: the process of fossilisation Introduction, setting the scene for fossilisation. Supports: textbooks on 'Dinosaur' and fossils. Playing time: 5 min (V441)

Video playlist

Introduction: classroom cinema Introduction, setting the scene for fossilisation. Supports: textbook 'Dinosaur'. Playing time: 5 min (V441)

Flesh on the bones Reconstructions. Supports: textbook 'Dinosaur'. Playing time: 5 min (V442)

Diplodocus What a large herbivore was like. Supports: textbook 'Dinosaur'. Playing time: 7 min (V443)

Tarbosaurus (T. rex) Explains some features of a dinosaur hunter. Supports: textbook 'Dinosaur'. Playing time: 7 min (V444)

The story of evolution Explains what evolution is all about. Supports: textbook 'Evolution'. Playing time: 13 min (V115)

Ammonite A look at some ammonite fossils in limestone. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V838)

Goniatite A look at goniatite. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V855)

Belemnite A look at a belemnite fossil. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V840)

Gastropod (fossil snail) A look at a gastropod (a fossil snail). Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V852)

Mosasuar tooth A look at the tooth of an 85-million-year-old ocean reptile. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V860)

Nautilus A look at a nautilus shell. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V863)

Petrified wood A look at some wood that has turned to stone. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V866)

Trilobite A look at a trilobite fossil from the Cambrian period. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V883)

Sea snails (gastropods) A look at the shells of some sea snails (gastropods). Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V873)

Crinoid A look at a fossil crinoid (a coral-type creature that lived on the seabed). Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V848)

Dinosaur backbone A look at the backbone (vertebra) of a dinosaur. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V892)

Carboniferous fern A look at a fossilised fern from the Carboniferous period. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V843)

Fossil fish (Tertiary) A look at a fossilised fish. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V893)

Clam shell (bivalve) A look at a clam shell (a bivalve). Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V844)

Coral A look at some coral. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V846)

Starfish A look at the cast of a starfish. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V878)

Sea urchin A look at a fossilised sea urchin. Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'. Playing time: 1 min (V874)

Volcanic cinders A look at some cinders from a volcano. Supports: textbook 'Volcanoes and earthquake'. Playing time: 1 min (V885)

Agate A look at some agate in the form of a slice of a geode. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Silicon', 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V835)

Alabaster A look at a small pyramid made of alabaster. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Calcium' and 'Rocks and soils'. Playing time: 1 min (V836)

Amethyst A look at some amethyst. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Silicon', 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V837)

Aragonite (calcium carbonate) A look at some aragonite (calcium carbonate). Supports: textbook 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V839)

Calcite crystals A look at some calcite crystals. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: A-F' and 'Elements: Calcium'. Playing time: 1 min (V841)

Iceland Spar calcite A look at a crystal of Iceland Spar (calcite). Supports: textbooks 'Elements: A-F' and 'Elements: Calcium'. Playing time: 1 min (V842)

Corundum A look at some corundum which contains ruby. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Aluminium', 'Elements: A-F', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V847)

Desert rose (gypsum) A look at some gypsum known as 'desert rose' because it sometimes looks like a flower. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Sulphur', 'Elements: Calcium' and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V849)

Emerald A look at some rock containing emerald. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Silicon', 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V850)

Garnet schist A look at some mica containing garnet. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Silicon', 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V851)

Geode A look at a geode. Supports: textbook 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic books 'Gems and minerals' and 'Rocks'. Playing time: 1 min (V853)

Gold-plating A look at a gold ring and some gold-plated flower decorations. Supports: textbooks 'Elements F-P', 'Elements: Copper, silver and gold', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V854)

Haematite A look at some haematite (iron ore). Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Iron', 'Elements: F-P', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V856)

Iron pyrites (fool's gold) A look at some iron pyrites (also known as fool's gold). Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Iron', 'Elements: F-P', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V857)

Magnetite A look at some magnetite with iron filings. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Iron', 'Elements: F-P', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V858)

Mica A look at some mica. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Iron', 'Elements: F-P', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V859)

Copper A look at some native (pure) copper. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Copper, silver and gold', 'Elements: A-F', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V861)

Copper ore A look at some copper ore. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Copper, silver and gold', 'Elements: A-F', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V845)

Silver A look at some native (pure) silver. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Copper, silver and gold', 'Elements: P-Z', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V862)

Obsidian A look at some obsidian (volcanic glass). Supports: textbooks 'Rocks and soils' and 'The Volcano and Earthquake book'. Playing time: 1 min (V864)

Quartz A look at some quartz. Supports: textbooks 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V870)

Rose quartz A look at some rose quartz. Supports: textbooks 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V869)

Smoky quartz A look at some smoky quartz. Supports: textbooks 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V876)

Ruby A look at some ruby crystals. Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V871)

Salt playa A look at some salt from a playa lake. Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V872)

Serpentine A look at an object made of polished serpentine. Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V875)

Soapstone A look at some African art made from soapstone. Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V877)

Sulphur A look at some sulphur. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Sulphur', 'Elements: P-Z', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V881)

Twinned crystal A look at a twinned crystal of gypsum. Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V884)

Lead crystal A look at some lead crystal. Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Lead and tin', 'Elements: F-P', andcreative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V894)

Zinc sphalerite A look at some zinc ore, containing sulphide crystals. Supports: textbook 'Elements: Zinc, cadmium and mercury' and 'Elements: P-Z'. Playing time: 1 min (V886)

Beryl A look at some beryl. Supports: textbook 'Elements: Aluminium', 'Elements: Silicon', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V887)

Boulder clay A look at some boulder clay from under a glacier. Supports: textbook 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'. Playing time: 1 min (V888)

Crude Oil A look at some Texan crude oil. Supports: textbook 'Elements: Carbon'. Playing time: 1 min (V891)

Recycled glass A look at some jugs made from recycled glass. Supports: textbook 'Elements: Silicon', and creative topic book 'Glass'. Playing time: 1 min (V868)

Featured video: the process of fossilisation
Introduction, setting the scene for fossilisation.
Supports: textbooks on 'Dinosaur' and fossils.
Playing time: 5 min (V441)

Introduction: classroom cinema
Introduction, setting the scene for fossilisation.
Supports: textbook 'Dinosaur'.
Playing time: 5 min (V441)

Flesh on the bones
Reconstructions.
Supports: textbook 'Dinosaur'.
Playing time: 5 min (V442)

Diplodocus
What a large herbivore was like.
Supports: textbook 'Dinosaur'.
Playing time: 7 min (V443)

Tarbosaurus (T. rex)
Explains some features of a dinosaur hunter.
Supports: textbook 'Dinosaur'.
Playing time: 7 min (V444)

The story of evolution
Explains what evolution is all about.
Supports: textbook 'Evolution'.
Playing time: 13 min (V115)

Ammonite
A look at some ammonite fossils in limestone.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V838)

Goniatite
A look at goniatite.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V855)

Belemnite
A look at a belemnite fossil.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V840)

Gastropod (fossil snail)
A look at a gastropod (a fossil snail).
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V852)

Mosasuar tooth
A look at the tooth of an 85-million-year-old ocean reptile.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V860)

Nautilus
A look at a nautilus shell.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V863)

Petrified wood
A look at some wood that has turned to stone.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V866)

Trilobite
A look at a trilobite fossil from the Cambrian period.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V883)

Sea snails (gastropods)
A look at the shells of some sea snails (gastropods).
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V873)

Crinoid
A look at a fossil crinoid (a coral-type creature that lived on the seabed).
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V848)

Dinosaur backbone
A look at the backbone (vertebra) of a dinosaur.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V892)

Carboniferous fern
A look at a fossilised fern from the Carboniferous period.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V843)

Fossil fish (Tertiary)
A look at a fossilised fish.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V893)

Clam shell (bivalve)
A look at a clam shell (a bivalve).
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V844)

Coral
A look at some coral.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V846)

Starfish
A look at the cast of a starfish.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V878)

Sea urchin
A look at a fossilised sea urchin.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring the world of fossils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V874)

Volcanic cinders
A look at some cinders from a volcano.
Supports: textbook 'Volcanoes and earthquake'.
Playing time: 1 min (V885)

Agate
A look at some agate in the form of a slice of a geode.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Silicon', 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V835)

Alabaster
A look at a small pyramid made of alabaster.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Calcium' and 'Rocks and soils'.
Playing time: 1 min (V836)

Amethyst
A look at some amethyst.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Silicon', 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V837)

Aragonite (calcium carbonate)
A look at some aragonite (calcium carbonate).
Supports: textbook 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V839)

Calcite crystals
A look at some calcite crystals.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: A-F' and 'Elements: Calcium'.
Playing time: 1 min (V841)

Iceland Spar calcite
A look at a crystal of Iceland Spar (calcite).
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: A-F' and 'Elements: Calcium'.
Playing time: 1 min (V842)

Corundum
A look at some corundum which contains ruby.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Aluminium', 'Elements: A-F', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V847)

Desert rose (gypsum)
A look at some gypsum known as 'desert rose' because it sometimes looks like a flower.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Sulphur', 'Elements: Calcium' and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V849)

Emerald
A look at some rock containing emerald.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Silicon', 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V850)

Garnet schist
A look at some mica containing garnet.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Silicon', 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V851)

Geode
A look at a geode.
Supports: textbook 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic books 'Gems and minerals' and 'Rocks'.
Playing time: 1 min (V853)

Gold-plating
A look at a gold ring and some gold-plated flower decorations.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements F-P', 'Elements: Copper, silver and gold', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V854)

Haematite
A look at some haematite (iron ore).
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Iron', 'Elements: F-P', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V856)

Iron pyrites (fool's gold)
A look at some iron pyrites (also known as fool's gold).
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Iron', 'Elements: F-P', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V857)

Magnetite
A look at some magnetite with iron filings.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Iron', 'Elements: F-P', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V858)

Mica
A look at some mica.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Iron', 'Elements: F-P', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V859)

Copper
A look at some native (pure) copper.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Copper, silver and gold', 'Elements: A-F', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V861)

Copper ore
A look at some copper ore.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Copper, silver and gold', 'Elements: A-F', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V845)

Silver
A look at some native (pure) silver.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Copper, silver and gold', 'Elements: P-Z', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V862)

Obsidian
A look at some obsidian (volcanic glass).
Supports: textbooks 'Rocks and soils' and 'The Volcano and Earthquake book'.
Playing time: 1 min (V864)

Quartz
A look at some quartz.
Supports: textbooks 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V870)

Rose quartz
A look at some rose quartz.
Supports: textbooks 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V869)

Smoky quartz
A look at some smoky quartz.
Supports: textbooks 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V876)

Ruby
A look at some ruby crystals.
Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V871)

Salt playa
A look at some salt from a playa lake.
Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V872)

Serpentine
A look at an object made of polished serpentine.
Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V875)

Soapstone
A look at some African art made from soapstone.
Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V877)

Sulphur
A look at some sulphur.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Sulphur', 'Elements: P-Z', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V881)

Twinned crystal
A look at a twinned crystal of gypsum.
Supports: creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V884)

Lead crystal
A look at some lead crystal.
Supports: textbooks 'Elements: Lead and tin', 'Elements: F-P', andcreative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V894)

Zinc sphalerite
A look at some zinc ore, containing sulphide crystals.
Supports: textbook 'Elements: Zinc, cadmium and mercury' and 'Elements: P-Z'.
Playing time: 1 min (V886)

Beryl
A look at some beryl.
Supports: textbook 'Elements: Aluminium', 'Elements: Silicon', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V887)

Boulder clay
A look at some boulder clay from under a glacier.
Supports: textbook 'Rocks and soils', and creative topic book 'Gems and minerals'.
Playing time: 1 min (V888)

Crude Oil
A look at some Texan crude oil.
Supports: textbook 'Elements: Carbon'.
Playing time: 1 min (V891)

Recycled glass
A look at some jugs made from recycled glass.
Supports: textbook 'Elements: Silicon', and creative topic book 'Glass'.
Playing time: 1 min (V868)