The UK's Nationwide Geology Club for Children

Rockstar Competiton!
Jun23

Rockstar Competiton!

A perfect time to work on your entry to our Rockstar Competition!  This is a past entry to inspire you – a wood ammonite! Your entry can be anything to do with geology  – rocks, fossils or minerals.  How about a dinosaur picture, a record of your past fossil finds, a story, a film, a snakes and ladders game with dinosaurs and sink holes!  Whatever you like, but it needs geological content that is accurate.  The judges will...

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Calling all Poets!  Enter the Hugh Miller Writing Competition
Nov12

Calling all Poets! Enter the Hugh Miller Writing Competition

The Hugh Miller Writing competition is named after one of Scotland’s most endearing geologists.  He was one of Scotland’s greatest nature writers and the competition aims to honour Hugh Miller’s legacy by inspiring new, original prose and poetry on the theme of Scotland’s geoheritage.    Young people under 25 are being encouraged to enter – so Rockwatcher’s, here you go!  We all know how talented...

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Rockstar Competition 2019
Aug30

Rockstar Competition 2019

Enter our Rockstar Competition.  Have a go and win a prize. It’s open till 9th September so you have time!  Anything rock, fossil, mineral or dinosaur related.  Great prizes and everyone who enters wins a small prize. Download a competition entry or email Rockwatch to have one sent.  hello@rockwatch.org.uk Good luck!

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Geology Photographic Competition!
Jul26

Geology Photographic Competition!

Time to get those cameras clicking!! The Geologists’ Association is running a Photographic Competition and you can all enter.  Even though most of the entries come from adults, children can take the most amazing photographs.  A few years ago the first prize went to a Rockwatcher!!  He photographed this amazing piece of amber with an insect embedded in it. The prizes are £100, £50 and £25 and one of them could be yours! The...

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