1) Worksheets for photocopying for classroom or fieldwork

QUARRIES in Leighton-Linslade and Heath & Reach

• Where are the sand quarries?
• Quarrying for sand
• Moving the sand – how things have changed
• Quarry restoration planning exercise
• Impacts of collecting natural resources
• The Leighton Buzzard Railway

AGGREGATES and how sand is used in your life

• All about sand
• What is sand?
• What is sand used for?

WILDLIFE & PEOPLE in and around local sandpits

• Animals and habitats
• Habitats – the future of sandpits
• The sand martin

SAFETY issues surrounding sandpits and quarrying

• Working safely in sandpits
• Spot the dangers in a sandpit

GEOLOGY outlining how the greensand area was formed   

• The formation of greensand & important historic events
• Geological map of Bedfordshire

 2) Useful advice

• Advice on health and safety and general good practice
• Site risk assessments
• Sandhouse
• Tiddenfoot
  
• Template risk assessment

3) Useful contact details