Geology: Soils, Rocks and Fossils

VIRTUAL "SOILS AND ROCKS WORKSHOP" NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH THE HERITAGE IN SCHOOLS SCHEME.

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Geology is the science that studies the earth. Most of us have an interest in some part of geology: rocks, volcanoes, earthquakes, fossils, dinosaurs, oil/gas, etc. Where does it all start? With our rocks!

There are a few options of workshops:

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1. Irish Rocks and "ROCK CLINIC"   

This geology workshop will covers:

• local rock types

• Irish rocks

• children are invited to bring rocks that they may have collected in their area.

• We'll try to identify them using some of the geologists tools:

  • magnifying glass

  • ceramic plate

  • glass

  • HCl

  • hammer

  • maps, ...

I can't wait to see what will be brought in schools!!!

2. Geology: Soils and Rocks

• What is geology?

• What tools does a geologist use?

• How can I sample and identify soils?

• What are soils useful for?

• How can I sample and identify rocks?

• What are rocks used for?

• Activity: handling of samples + identification

3. Geology / fossils:

• What are fossils? Learn about how fossils are formed while making your own fossil.

• Real samples of fossils (corals, crinoids "sea lilies", different types of shellfish -brachiopods, bivalves, gastropods-).

• Examples of Irish fossils.

• Myth and geology => how can some myths come from the discovery of fossils?

• Activity: each child gets to make his/her own fossil!

Requirements: “low-tech” version with use of black/white board, rock samples and geologist tools or "high-tech" slide show requiring projector or interactive white board.