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National Marine Week events this weekend

August 6, 2010 Sarah Phillips No comments

The Explore the Seafloor team will be running two events with the Wildlife Trust as part of National Marine Week, which runs from the 31^st of July to the 15^th of August.

National Marine Week (or fortnight in this case) celebrates all that is great about the sea. Explore the Seafloor have partnered up with Wildlife Trust Visitors centres to run two events over this week. Visit our events and learn more about the fantastic marine life and archaeology that can be found on the seafloor.

Events

Saturday 8^th of August: Reculver Visitor Centre and Country Park, Kent Wildlife Trust.

Sunday 9^th August: Fingringhoe Wick Visitor Centre and Nature Reserve, Essex Wildlife Trust. or click here for their Facebook page.

Click here to find out more about National Marine Week at the Wildlife Trust website

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Splashing about at the Hampshire Water Festival

August 6, 2010 Sarah Phillips No comments

Searching for artefacts

Last weekend Explore the Seafloor joined in the celebrations for Hampshire’s annual Water Festival at Staunton Country Park, in Havant.

The water theme was very welcome on this hot July weekend. The Explore the Seafloor activity area let people cool down while exploring our water table for amazing artefacts. Dredged up from Britain’s coastal waters these archaeological finds include a Stone Age hand axe, which is 250,000 years old and a World War II bullet. Our fun activity area had over a thousand visitors and the team enjoyed sharing ideas about how these objects ended up at the bottom of the sea.

To see pictures of the event go to our facebook page www.facebook.com/exploretheseafloor

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Roadshow Photographs and Postcards!

August 4, 2010 Rhonda Steel No comments

Visit our facebook page to view the latest photos from our roadshows and events at:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/exploretheseafloor

Or view our feedback section to see some of the magnificent artwork from Weymouth.

Millie

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Festival of British Archaeology: From Caves to Cohorts

July 30, 2010 Sarah Phillips No comments

This weekend Explore the Seafloor will be attending “ From Caves to Cohorts” – English Heritage’s Festival of British Archaeology event at Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth.

The event will be investigating the past, from prehistoric times to the Romans. Come along to enjoy lots of fun, hands-on family activities.

Roman mosaics and other fun activities

You can find Explore the Seafloor in the Maritime tent – so pop in and say hello!

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Did you know?

July 26, 2010 Sarah Phillips No comments

Did you know that Wessex Archaeology’s Learning & Access team run Explore the Seafloor on behalf of the Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund? Find out what else the team has been up to on their Time Travelling by Water blog.

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Hampshire Water Festival

July 19, 2010 Rhonda Steel No comments

Snorkelling for artefacts at last year's show

Here is a great event for those of you in Hampshire! We will be attending the Hampshire Water Festival on the 24^th and 25^th of July at Staunton Country Park. Our interactive seafloor display will be in the Education Marquee along with other exhibitors such as WaterAid, WWF and Ecover.

Come on down for a whole lot of watery fun.

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New Events Announced for National Marine Week

July 15, 2010 Sarah Phillips No comments

The Explore the Seafloor team will be running two events with the Wildlife Trust as part of National Marine Week, which runs from the 31^st of July to the 15^th of August.

National Marine Week (or fortnight in this case) celebrates all that is great about the sea. Explore the Seafloor have partnered up with Wildlife Trust Visitors centres to run two events over this week. Visit our events and learn more about the fantastic marine life and archaeology that can be found on the seafloor.

Events

Saturday 8^th of August: Reculver Visitor Centre and Country Park, Kent Wildlife Trust.

Sunday 9^th August: Fingringhoe Wick Visitor Centre and Nature Reserve, Essex Wildlife Trust. or click here for their Facebook page.

Click here to find out more about National Marine Week at the Wildlife Trust website

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Scarborough rocks!

July 13, 2010 Rhonda Steel No comments

Our team has just returned from Scarborough Sea Life and Marine Sanctuary and had a great time chatting to all the visitors. The centre has a long history of rescuing and rehabilitating animals and our message of seafloor research and protection fitted in perfectly. We were excited to see the show advertised in the local paper and on local road signs, and would like to thank all those in Scarborough for making us feel welcome.

Trying to be an ancient deer.

We had a mixture of school groups and families visiting us and they were all excited to see our ‘Please touch’ signs. Many of our visitors were from Scotland as the roadshow coincided with the Scottish school holidays. This was an excellent opportunity to reach a new audience and explain to them what the English seafloor is really made of.

To see pictures of the Scarborough roadshow go to our facebook page www.facebook.com/exploretheseafloor

Next stop, Weymouth!! This roadshow will be held from the 24^th of July to the 2^nd of August. See you there.

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Scarborough Roadshow

July 2, 2010 Rhonda Steel No comments

Our team had a fantastic nine days at the Brighton Sea Life centre. Though we had to contend with the brilliant sunshine, a returning turtle and that football match, we had a great number of guests come through and explore the displays. All of our visitors were inquisitive and enjoyed learning about the seafloor and

Sneaking a peak at the Brighton Roadshow.

the amazing things that can be found. The visiting school groups came up with excellent suggestions for where the archaeological artefacts could have been from and produced some colourful postcards which can be viewed here.

After a quick turn around the van is on its way to Scarborough. This roadshow is hosted by Scarborough Sea Life and Marine Sanctuary and will focus on the seafloor studies in the Humber region. If you are in the area drop on by and chat to our enthusiastic team or get hands on and explore the activities yourselves.

The Scarborough roadshow will run from the 3^rd of July to the 11^th.

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Brighton Roadshow starts this Saturday

June 18, 2010 Sarah Phillips No comments

Feelie box fun

The Explore the Seafloor team are busy getting ready for our second roadshow at Brighton Sea Life centre, which starts this Saturday, June 19^th. This roadshow we will be finding out what the seafloor of the South Coast is really like. Come down and handle real archaeological artefacts dredged from the depths of the sea, examine sea creatures under a magnifying glass and, if you’re brave, have a feel and guess what’s in our mystery boxes.

We will be in Brighton until Sunday the 27^th of June so come down and join us.

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