Geology as a source for colorful inspiration

[Simonas Saarmann]

I wanted to share something I do from time to time when asked to tell kids something interesting about geology or scientific stuff that I do.

I have made a short video how I try to explain for children that there is no stone that would be absolutely alike with another stone. Nature is full of variety, so we tried to look into formation of marble (along with some plate tectonics). Kids were fascinated that scientist do sometimes turn to plasticine or sandbox to simulate serious processes that are so huge and slow, or take place so deep that we can not have a good understanding on how they work just imagining or calculating.

More to it - we make some art while mixing colors the way moving continents do, so this helps for kids and their teachers to use this ordinary material in a new and never imagined before way. And what is also impressive - every kid makes something unique and always beautiful.

Please, watch my video here: http://youtu.be/vKHo5F6pdCU