Events

National Science and Engineering Week

BGS has celebrated National Science and Engineering Week since it began in 1994. In 2013 we will be holding two events at our Keyworth headquarters: the Fossil and Rock Show for primary school children between the 20–22 March, and a Family Fun Day for everyone interested in fossils, dinosaurs, volcanoes, earthquakes and other kinds of rocky science on Saturday 23 March.

Fossil & Rock Roadshow

The BGS annual Fossil and Rock Show will be held in our new conference venue at Keyworth between 20 and 22 March 2013.

The Fossil and Rock Show is aimed at primary schools teaching Key Stage 2 and is particularly suitable for Years 5 and 6. It is now fully booked, but if you would like to book for next year's event or need further information, email earthwise@bgs.ac.uk (with 'Science Week' in the subject header) or call on 0115 936 3424.

The gallery below shows some highlights of the 2012 event.

The age of the Earth is a very big number! The Geological Time Machine.

Making the ground shake: pupils record their very own earthquake at the Fossil and Rock Show.

Sieving soil to find out what it is made of.

Fool's gold or real gold – can you tell the difference? Pupils find out at the Fossil and Rock Show.

Pupils learning to pan for gold at the Fossil and Rock Show.

Getting to grips with examples of ancient life from our fossil collections.

How's that for a bone? Talking about mammoths with a BGS palaeontologist.

Finding out how rocks are made and recycled.

What's in your shopping basket? A surprising quantity of rocks and minerals!

Family Fun Day

The BGS will celebrate National Science & Engineering Week on Saturday 23 March 2013 in our new conference venue at Keyworth.

There will be displays, demonstrations and talks with lots to see and plenty of hands-on activities and tours for children and adults.

A number of science organisations will be helping us out, along with Rockwatch, the national club for young geologists.

For information about National Science & Engineering Week, including other events around the UK, visit the British Science Association website.

Archive Awareness Campaign: Open archive day | 1 Dec 2012

We held an open archive day for the public at Keyworth on Saturday 1 December 2012. This event was in support of the national Archive Awareness Campaign 2012. The national theme for AAC was 'Sports, Games and the Olympics', and we explored the links between fun, leisure, sporting achievement and the earth sciences.

BGS Open Day, Edinburgh | 22 Sept 2012

Murchison House, the BGS office in Edinburgh, held its annual open day on Saturday 22 September 2012 as part of Edinburgh's Doors Open Day, which took the theme of 'Hidden Treasures'.

The Open Day is always packed with earth science demonstrations, talks, experiments and displays of our work at home and abroad, with lots of hands-on activities for even the youngest hands.

Contact Ted Harris for further information about future open days.

How to get to BGS Edinburgh
2012 Flyer
What is our open day like? More about the 2009 Open Day

For information on other events, see our online Diary.