GeoLab: Sussex Rocks – Saturday 14 October
Calling all over 16s! The Brighton and Hove Geological Society invites all older Rockwatchers/student/adults to a day long exploration of rocks, minerals and fossils. Aimed at the absolute beginner, Sussex Rocks! is part of the UK Earth Science Week 2017. Meet local experts and get hands-on with specimens from the collection of the Booth Museum of Natural History. By the end of the day you will be a geologist – almost! Cost: ...
Sidmouth Science Festival – Sat 14 October 2017
Geo fun for all the family at the Sidmouth Science Festival. Predict the eruption of Sidmouth volcano, make your own fossils, hands-on activities, geo talks through out the day and lots of fascinating local geology. 11.00 till 5.00 in the Masonic Hall, High Street, Sidmouth EX10 8EF Free event. No need to book. Great day out for all ages. Just go along and have fun!
Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor – More reading for you!
For plate tectonics and the ocean floor, there’s lots of fascinating detail online. Try some of these start words; oceanic crust, oceanic trench, lithosphere, Moho, Glomar Challenger, joidesresolution, black smokers, Alfred Wegener, magnetic stripes. These sites will lead you onto lots of other locations – happy exploring. Also online, Metageologist provides lots of reading about metamorphic rocks and connected topics. If...
Last Chance to see the Chinese Dinosaurs!
Exhibition finishes this weekend! Go along to see this marvellous display if you can. Rockwatch had a wonderful day at Wollaton Hall with Adam Stuart Smith showing Rockwatchers round the Chinese Dinosaur Exhibition he’d brought over from China. Stunning fossils but the first surprise was that the location for the exhibition was where Clark Kent had lived in the Batman...
Arran Geofest 2017!
The Isle of Arran, off the west coast of Scotland, is a great place for geology. Walk in the footsteps of Triassic reptiles or marvel at the giant shells that lived at the Equator 300 million years ago. And you can celebrate Arran’s spectacular geology at their Geofest. Friday 15 – Sunday 17 September Three days of walks and talks in what promises to be an amazing weekend. All events are free but there are limited...
Holidays nearly over but still time to enter our Rockstar Competition!
Just a few more weeks to go but you still have lots of time to get creative and enter our Rockstar Competition! Every year we run a competition for Rockwatchers to encourage you to hone your skills and interests in geology by sending us something geological. For the under 16’s we invite entrants to submit a geological creation of their choosing. This might be an animation, a piece of artwork, a model, a story or a geological...