Pebble Spotting Live: Discover Your Pebble's Past

Join BGS geologist Clive Mitchell and make simple observations on the colour, minerals, fossils and feel of your rock to work out what it is in our Facebook Live activity!
It will take about 30 minutes and you will need:
A rock
A magnifying glass or hand lens
Some paper, a pen and a ruler
This activity covers the Key Stage 2 (school years 3-6) requirements of observing, identifying and classifying igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks and, in addition, the Key Stage 3 (school years 7-9) requirements to present data and report on the findings.