Former President, author and palaeontologist Richard Fortey’s new BBC 4 documentary is kicking off tonight! ‘Nature’s Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution’ investigates why islands are natural laboratories of evolution and meets some of the remarkable and unique species that live on them. Episode one, which travels to Hawaii to investigate how life colonises a newly born … Continue reading
Outdoor Learning company The Hive are organising a series of activities for 5 1/2 – 9 year olds (Years 1-4), and are searching for some geologists to help! ‘The Legend of the Lost Jewels’ will include a one hour ‘rocks and gems’ workshop at Eltham College, London, on the following three dates: 18th February 2016 31st … Continue reading
With the end of the year almost in sight, we’re rounding off the #geoadvent blog season with a look back at the highlights of our blogging year – featuring mud, salt dough, a last minute Christmas present suggestion, and of course, dinosaur shaped cake…. Continue reading
With just over three weeks left to enter our 100 Great Geosites photo competition, it’s now easier than ever to find a geosite near you! This week, we were excited to announce the launch of the 100 Great Geosites mobile app, created in partnership with mapping and analytics company Esri UK, which allows users to search … Continue reading
We launched the second annual Great Geobakeoff with some trepidation. Had geobaking fatigue set in? Was everyone too busy watching the General Election to notice? Is it in fact impossible to bake a hidden fossil cake? Of course, our concerns were needless. Once again, the geobaking world has answered our call to arms, and produced … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, we headed to Lyme Regis for the annual geological extravaganza that is the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival, armed with fossils, badges, geological colouring in and a brand new activity. This year, for the first time, we took part in the schools programme, talking to over 140 primary school children about all … Continue reading
Monday 23rd was the birthday of William Smith – ‘father of English Geology’ and creator of the world’s first nationwide geological map. It was also a special day at the Geological Society – the launch of the year long celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Smith’s 1815 geological map … Continue reading
A guest post from Science from the Start’s Laura Hobbs.. “Under-fives tend to be an underserved audience for informal science learning, but even the youngest babies are using their senses to learn about the world around them all the time – they’re never too young! Science from the Start Continue reading
We’re kicking of a series of themed years, by declaring 2015 the year of mud, mud, glorious mud! Geological Society Council Member Lucy Slater explains… Continue reading
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