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Family Fun Day: World Soil Day
9 December 2017
11am-2pm
Free event
A fun educational day making soil profiles, clay sculptures and more. In collaboration with the University of Waikato and New Zealand Society for Soil Scientists.
11am -2pm Museum Forecourt activities (School entrance in case of rain):
- Explore multi-coloured soils and make soil profiles
- Design a landscape with different coloured soil
- Meet the soil scientists: BYO cupful of topsoil, test it for pH and learn what’s needed to make your lawn and garden flourish
- Play with clay – meet with Waikato Potters and create clay sculptures
11.30am and 1.30pm Lecture Theatre
- Discovering Soils and Landscapes – kids oriented interactive talk with Dr Megan Balks (Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the University of Waikato where she teaches soil and environmental sciences)