Saturday, July 3, 2010 / 11:00AM – 3:00PM
Family Flyby: Dig into Geology! (Drop-in program)
FOR AGES 2 THROUGH 12 / INDOOR & OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
- What can I touch? Live pill bugs, millipedes, worms, and other soil-lovers!
- What science can I do? Be an archaeologist and look for fossils in a mini dig! Be a geologist and learn how to take and read a soil sample! Learn how to identify minerals! Create a sand dune that can withstand erosion! Be a dirt detective and figure out which mystery soil came from Joppa!
- What can I observe? Examine sand samples from around the world under hand lenses and microscopes! Insects and worms tunneling and burrowing in soil habitats! See the layers of soil from a core sampler!
- What can I make? A sandy sea scape postcard! A pet rock! Soil and sand race cups!
- What can I play? A game all about the rock cycle called Rockity-Rock-Rock-Rock! Be a volcano, be magma, but don’t feel the pressure! (Ha-Ha).
MINI PRESENTATIONS! (11:30am, & 1pm, 2:30pm) Learn how to make a Recipe for Soil! YOU add the ingredients and together we’ll see all the goodies that go into making GOOD soil!
Joppa Flats Ed Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport MA
For ages 2 – 12. No preregistration necessary.
$3 member child & $5 nonmember child. All materials will be provided.
