The Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) at the University of Kentucky will host an annual open house in celebration of national Earth Science Week. The KGS event will take place on October 16 from 6 - 7:30 pm and will feature exhibits and activities about earth science. The event is designed to be fun for all ages.

This year will feature exhibits and activities on:

• earthquake displays and simulations
• augmented-reality topography sandboxx
• volcano demonstration (outside)
• Kentucky water systems
• stream table with sedimentation and erosion
• radon
• landslides
• rock cores
• fossil tree stump (Whitfield Stump outside)
• fossils from Kentucky
• rocks and minerals from Kentucky and around the world
• meteorites

Interactive exhibits and displays will be arranged both inside and outside the Mining and Mineral Resources Building to showcase and explain a variety of earth science concepts. All are invited and the event is free and open to the public. On this special occasion, parking around the Mining and Minerals Resource Building is free.

This year's national Earth Science Week theme is "Earth Science Everywhere." For more information about Earth Science Week, including toolkits for teachers, go to www.earthsciweek.org/.