VGMS Presents to the Kids Club

At the Pacific View Mall, kids rushed forward to see fluorescent minerals
glow in the dark during our “Amazing Mineral Magic Show.”

Our educational outreach program goes beyond schools and scouts. In the fall of 2015, VGMS members Jim & Nancy Brace-Thompson, John & Diane Cook, Kathryn Davis, & David Mautz wowed kids at the Pacific View Mall with two different programs for the Kids Club, a group sponsored by National Geographic Kids which comes to the mall once a month for a presentation related to science. In September our team focused on rocks and minerals in general, and volcanic rocks in particular. In October, they presented “The Amazing Mineral Magic Show”, focusing on rocks and minerals with special effects, such as floating, fluorescence, magnetism, cat eye and star effects, and fiber optic effects. They distributed specimens of magnetite with small magnets, ulexite (TV stone), tiger eye and pumice to each child to keep and play with at home.