Kapowsin Science Fair, March 9, 2017

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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 about geology.

We got lost trying to find the school, so we were the last people to arrive and set-up, but even so we had kids come over and
ask questions about the rocks being set out. It wasn’t just kids talking to us, we also had parents and some grandparents asking
questions. One grandmother, after seeing the interest her granddaughter had in the rocks told her daughter, “Now I know who to leave
my rocks to.”

Even as we were taking down the display, we had people asking questions about rocks and minerals. It was a very nice
evening.

Updated: January 2, 2018 — 9:23 pm

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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