Educational Resources

Please note while all educational resources are free to use for educational purposes, any commercial application requires the written consents from STEC@UKZN.

"KwaZulu-Natal - 3500 million years of geological history" - Poster

KZN geology - poster

You can get the A1 "KwaZulu-Natal - 3500 million years of geological history" poster in English or Zulu. The poster is ideal to put up in any place where you want to educate pupils and adults about the amazing geology of KwaZulu-Natal.

"KwaZulu-Natal - 3500 million years of geological history" - Brochure

KZN geology - brochure

The "KwaZulu-Natal - 3500 million years of geological history" brochure is the pocket version of the poster. The brochure is currently only available in English.

KZN - Rock box

Rock Box

The box includes 12 KZN rock samples , Geology of KZN poster in English and Zulu, rock explanation sheet, stratigraphic column with time scale - ideal for hands on activities in the classroom. Interested in the rock box or our rock identification workshop?

"Geologic Time Travel" Game - B&W

Geologic Time Travel - Black and White

A snake and ladder board game that leads you through some exciting South African geological events. It starts at the beginning of the Earth and finishes with the first car. Get creative with this colour-in version.

Download B&W version

Geologic Time Travel Game - Colour

Geologic Time Travel - Colour

A snake and ladder board game that leads you through some exciting South African geological events. It starts at the beginning of the Earth and finishes with the first car.

Download colour version

Wandering Continents - Activity

Wandering continents

Use simple evidence like fossils and matching rocks from the geological record on each continent to reconstruct the ancient supercontinent Gondwana. This activity has been developed in collaboration with ""Earthlearning Idea""

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Volcanoes - Posters

The set of two A0 posters are ideal for the classroom. It looks at the different types of volcanoes, explores the different types of volcanic eruptions and answers questions like "Why do volcanoes erupt?".

Earthquakes - Poster

Earthquakes - Posters

The set of two A0 posters are ideal for the classroom. The posters answers questions like ""What causes earthquakes?" and explains how to locate earthquakes and the different types of seismic waves.

Tsunami - Posters

The set of two A0 posters are ideal for the classroom. They explain for example how a tsunami forms, the speed of a tsunami and what causes a tsunami.

“Lock Down” magazine

The “Lock Down” started during the hard lockdown in May 2020. The purpose of these pages were to “unlock” the boredom that people might have experienced during these times. It contains the following sections: “What animal am I?”, “What fruit or veggie am I?” , a game that can be played with very little resources, a mathematics challenge and the “Essential Goods” experiment.