Posted: June 24, 2020

Celebrate Pollinator Week by Learning More about Lepidoptera

Happy National Pollinator Week! While not an official holiday, it’s certainly worth celebrating. Let’s take a look at some interesting facts about one group of pollinators: Lepidoptera.

Celebrate Pollinator Week by Learning More about Lepidoptera
Posted: June 12, 2020

Quarantine Quarrying: Minerals

You did it! You’ve at the end of the rock and mineral tour of Virginia. Nice work, rock hound. Here's the last installment: minerals.

Quarantine Quarrying: Minerals
Posted: May 29, 2020

Quarantine Quarrying: Metamorphic Rocks

It's time for another Quarantine Quarrying series installment. If you’ve been following along, you know we’ve broken this post up into a few parts. Here we’re going to cover metamorphic rocks.

Quarantine Quarrying: Metamorphic Rocks
Posted: May 21, 2020

Quarantine Quarrying: Sedimentary Rocks

Are you ready to rock, science lovers? Time for another installment in our Quarantine Quarrying series. In this post, we’re going to cover sedimentary rocks.

Quarantine Quarrying: Sedimentary Rocks
Posted: May 11, 2020

Quarantine Quarrying: Igneous Rocks

Now’s the perfect time to start a collection with rocks and minerals you can find in Virginia, if not right in your own backyard. There’s so much to say about that we’ve broken up our Quarantine Quarrying series into a few parts. This post covers igneous rocks.

Quarantine Quarrying: Igneous Rocks