Children in year 3 visited the Botanic Gardens in Durham this week to learn about rocks and soils. As well as looking at the amazing variety of plant life in the different climate zones within the gardens, the children got to handle fossils up to 400 million years old! The children took part in a workshop to identify fossils and investigate soil types – the clay and soil was a particular favourite as they liked getting messy! Apparently there were a few worms in there too!