Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2015
I've just came back from a days fun work at the TGMS Jr. Education area where I volunteered on a Dino Dig booth. I can honestly say I think I had just as much fun as the children involved. When you find something you're so passionate about, work doesn't seem like work.
Each year, the UofA SESS students organise an educational area which is visited by over 2,000 children over the TGMS weekend. We aim to share our wealth of knowledge, inspire the younger generation and answer any questions they may have about minerals or the Earth. Booths ranged from geomorphology to tsunami models, all with the aim of actively stimulating the young minds.
I volunteered on the Dino Dig where I encouraged and supervised children when being paleontologists and digging for toy dinosaurs. I got to actively engage with them to gather what knowledge they had already. It was great to talk to the parents too, whom had flew from distances such as Sweden just to be at the event.
I also got the chance to be a student over the weekend. I even got to build my own collection. How can a student possibly say no to freebies?
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Each year, the UofA SESS students organise an educational area which is visited by over 2,000 children over the TGMS weekend. We aim to share our wealth of knowledge, inspire the younger generation and answer any questions they may have about minerals or the Earth. Booths ranged from geomorphology to tsunami models, all with the aim of actively stimulating the young minds.
I volunteered on the Dino Dig where I encouraged and supervised children when being paleontologists and digging for toy dinosaurs. I got to actively engage with them to gather what knowledge they had already. It was great to talk to the parents too, whom had flew from distances such as Sweden just to be at the event.
I also got the chance to be a student over the weekend. I even got to build my own collection. How can a student possibly say no to freebies?
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