On of our Rocks & Soils workshops was held at Leatherhead Trinity Primary School yesterday. Led by SATRO’s professional geologist, Year 3 children had a hands-on opportunity to investigate rock specimens. Simple experiments were conducted to identify different mineral samples and an introduction to soils enabled the pupils to have an understanding of their geological environment. This workshop was kindly sponsored by the GeoScience Department at ExxonMobil.
Have you ever considered archaeology as a career? Here are some interesting facts about archaeology that could make up your mind!
- Archaeologists study human civilisations that lived in the past through the discovery and analysis of the things they left behind, this includes artifacts from millions of years ago right up to things that have been developed in very recent times.
- Archaeology is so important because there are in fact no written records for 99% of human history, archaeology can help to reduce this percentage.
- Archaeology has helped and still does help us to understand how humans have evolved and also how different cultures have developed. An archaeologist would survey, excavate and analyse data to help us understand these aspects of the past (as well as many others).
- Archaeology is a varied discipline that can involve aspects of art history, classics, physics, chemistry and geography amongst other fields. If these aspects appeal to you - archaeology could may well be a suitable career for you.
- If you want to become an archaeologist, it would be a good idea to study subjects such as statistics, geography and geology or history.
