Geoscience Rocks! Pop Up Science

Mon 21 Jan
10:30am-2pm
3.5hrs
Check out fossils, rocks, minerals and maps!
We’ll have a range of school holiday activities for kids of all ages, including a fossil dig, paper models of ancient sea creatures and volcanoes, and colouring-in. Kids can even make their own fossil to take home!

Join the local team from the Geological Survey NSW for some geo sciecne fun!

Free, drop in, no bookings required
 

Prices

  • Admission to this event FREE

Venue

Newcastle Museum
6 Workshop Way
Newcastle
2300

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