Half Term Geology Fun with Rockwatch
Join Rockwatch over Half Term at two fun-filled days of geology games and activities! Uxbridge Rock Show When: Monday 12 February from 9.30am. Where: Uxbridge Library, High St, Uxbridge UB8 1HD – very close to Uxbridge Station (Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines) With: Rockwatch have teamed up with the Harrow & Hillingdon Geological Society to liven up half term for young geology lovers of all ages. What: There...
Win a FREE Family Ticket to Dinosaurs in the Park!
We’ve teamed up with Dinosaurs in the Park to bring you an exclusive Rockwatch VIP Family Ticket Give Away (worth £40). Dinosaurs in the Park is an exciting experience where you come face to face with 40 life-sized animatronic dinosaur models as you immerse yourself in what life was like for these gigantic prehistoric titans. We’re giving a lucky Rockwatcher the chance to win a family ticket for any of the Manchester dates...
Book onto the Rockwatch Summer Field Trips Now!
Rockwatch Summer Field Trips are open for bookings and we’d love you to join us for some geology family fun! Every summer we organise a range of different field trips around the country to give young geologists an insight into the range of places and activities you can do as a geologist. We visit coastlines and quarries in search of fossils, rocks and minerals, we study local buildings, walls and pavements that make up our local...
I-SPY Fossils and Rocks: Spy it! Score it! is out Today
Rockwatch is delighted that the I-SPY Fossils and Rocks: Spy it! Score it! is published today. The Guide, published by Harper Collins, has been written with the help of Rockwatch’s Michael Oates and Wendy Kirk, both experienced Geologists who know just how to inspire young geologists. Commenting on the Guide Michael said, “The world is made up of an abundance of natural wonders so it was a real challenge pulling together so many...
Issue 91 of the Rockwatch Magazine: published August 2022
Issue 91 Contents List: published August 2022 Pulhamite Image 1 of 6 THIS ROCK IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS THIS ‘ROCK’ IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS Strange find in a country park THE GREAT GREYWACKE DEBATE Spotlight on a historic discovery OBSERVING OBELISKS Spectacular stone monuments FLINT What is it? FLINT How was it formed? TAKING A SHINE TO PLATINUM Facts about this ‘difficult’ metal FACETIME SHOCK IN A ROCK Lump of bog...