Author: Kristen Rahilly

Picture this: you’re a young kid at the beach or lake or even just sitting in a sandbox. You’ve already been in and out of the water swimming a million times or you’re bored with just throwing mud pies at your siblings. So, you decide to take your tiny shovel and build the largest pile…

This week we will ask you to be an eagle-eyed observer of stones that may decoratively dot your backyard (or, in this case, local elementary school). We’ll share with you an amazing story of a rock….in a rock….and what that means about how these rocks formed! All this geologic history was placed inadvertently in the…

Happy Earth Day everyone! This week, we will be focusing on some rock evidence that tells a story for how we humans impact our environment. It is a story of how we can negatively affect our environment and, most importantly, a demonstration of what we can achieve when we work towards a solution. We are…

Have you ever been walking through the woods or driving along a wooded country road and spotted a rock wall seemingly heading off to nowhere? Well, if you are currently located in a part of the world that was once covered by glacial ice, you certainly may have! In New England especially, where I’m currently…