Posts Tagged ‘darwin centre’

SW2U – Silent World To You

Silent World aquarium brought their travelling collection of reptiles, amphibians, marine creatures and mini beasts to the Merlin Theatre in Pembrokeshire college.  The event took place over two days with four schools attending.  The pupils participated in three different work shops each before finishing the session off with some snake handling. Mary Immaculate  

BBC Stargazing LIVE with Dark Sky Wales

Pembrokeshire College hosted a variety of activities as part of the BBC Stargazing LIVE season.  120 primary school pupils linked to the Buzz club took part in a rocket building workshop as well as a session in the Planetarium where they learned all about our solar system.

BBC Stargazing LIVE

On Tuesday 17th January 2012 there will be a FREE stargazing event held at Pembrokeshire College. The Darwin Centre are working in association with Dark Sky Wales and the BBC to bring you a variety of activities….

Can My Goldfish See In Colour?

YES!! Goldfish can see colour better than humans!  Many thanks to all of those that attended the fantastic lectures by Professor Ron Douglas from City University London. A big thank you to Colour Group GB for sponsoring Ron to come down and deliver the lectures.  

On Saturday 3rd Decemeber we spent the day at Heatherton world of activities with a group of young carers aged 12-17.  The morning was spent completing the high ropes adventure course, the afternoon was spent on the various activities that Heatherton offers such as archery and lazer clay shooting.

Thank you

Many thanks to all of those that attended the Pembrokeshire’s Coastal Landscapes Lecture by Sid Howells.  It was a great evening.  And a big thanks to Sid for delivering the lecture.

Rockpooling with Monkton Year 5′s

18 pupils from Monkton school came with us to Lydstep Haven for a rockpooling session.   Keep Wales Tidy also came along and helped us out.   Rockpooling was followed up with a plankton and microscope workshop.  The pupils learned about life cycles and food chains.  They examined plankton samples under the microscope and made drawings of the different [...]

Haverfordwest VC

Year’s 5 and 6 from Haverfordwest VC took part in a mini beast hunt and microscope workshop on Friday.  We managed to get a video of a beetle eating a woodlouse, check it out below.

Geologist Sid Howells will be giving a lecture on Pembrokeshire’s Coastal Landscapes, geological background and management issues.