Category: Science Fairs

Kapowsin Science Fair, March 9, 2017

Kapowsin Science Fair, March 9, 2017 by Keith Alan Morgan Another STEM Fair presentation at Kapowsin Elementary. Unfortunately the Kapowsin science fair was the same night as our club meeting, so we couldn’t attend both, so if you were wondering where the Morgans were at the March meeting, we were trying to educate young minds […]

Sumner School District Science Fair 2013

By Dick Morgan On February 9, 2013, I gave a presentation at the Lakeridge Middle School for the Sumner School District Science Fair. The items that attracted the most interest were the fossils, so the talk was mostly about them. The presentation was more fun than most as my great-grandson was one of the science fair […]

2009 Science Fairs

by Dick Morgan The South Sound Science Fair for the schools in the south sound, classes from kindergarten through 12th grade, was held at the Pacific Lutheran University. I had been invited as a presenter on geology and to display my rocks, minerals and fossils. It was a great time as there were around 650 students with […]

Presidents Message

  • Digging It!  May is finally here, and with the snow clearing, the flowers blooming, and the rains letting up a bit (hopefully), that rock fever is hitting us all pretty hard. I hope you all had a great time at the Rock Bingo night last month! The Big Show is Coming! We are now less than two months away from our Cascade Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show, which will be held June 27–28 at Kent Commons. This is our biggest event of the year, and as I mentioned when I started my term, the people are what make this club

Meeting Announcements

  • Our own Mike Blanton will bring his expertise to this club meeting program – he will share the tools, tips and tricks he has developed to drill holes in stones and minerals so you can do more with the rocks you find. Show and Tell: bring a rock you’d like to make into something else.

  • Club Wagonmaster and rock shop creator Roger Danneman will present an overview of the new club shop – including equipment, scheduling, stewards, and what you can expect from this exciting new resource.  Show and Tell: bring a rock you want to polish or make into a cabochon (or something you’ve already polished or made)

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