Dr Ian Sanders Geologist from Trinity College visited the school with a sample of rocks and minerals on 25th February 2020.

Dr Ian Sanders visited a class in the school. He was a Grandfather two of the children in the school.

I had a brief chat about rocks and minerals with him in my studio and then he did a show and tell in the classroom. It was such a informative and thrilling chat and so great to have all the actual rocks in our hands.

This booklet went to every school in Ireland devised by Dr Ian Sanders.
This is the bag of rocks that every school got in Ireland

Showing how fossils are formed and the sound they make which is fizzy.
Fossil
Giants Causeway Antrim
Glendalough Ireland
Amonite fossil

We all found it incredibly interesting and I found new words such as pseudomorph which means a crystal consisting of one mineral but having the form of another.

When you open a rock you never know what ancient fossil lies asleep inside – could be a dinasours egg.

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