Welcome to Earth Sciences
You'll find us right
in the centre of Bristol
in one of the University's
most iconic buildings,
the Wills Memorial
So this is the entrance hall,
fantastic entrance hall
to the Earth Sciences Department
already there's loads of
really interesting artifacts
such as the Bristol dinosaur,
an earthquake activity screen
and even a smilodon
The Hook laboratory is where you'll have
many of your first year practicals
anything from palaeontology
to rock identification
In the skills laboratory we do
lots of microscope work
computer modelling and experiments
such as looking at the flow
of different fluids
Down here in the basement is where
we do a lot of our research
from using high temperature
and pressure experiments
to using lasers to determine more
about the Earth's inner core
(Mike) Hello Keri, how are you?
(Keri) Fine thank you, what are you up to
(Mike) Just getting ready to do an experiment
at very high pressures and temperatures
(Keri) Great, are you going to show us?
(Mike) Yeah, you bet!
(Keri) Thanks, see you later
(Mike) Bye bye
(Keri) Bye!
Across the inner courtyard there are
even more research laboratories
Up here, we have
Environmental Geoscience
Palaeobiology and even
electron microscopy
So the great thing about this
is you'll get to be involved
in some of this world-leading research
in your final year here
As well as lab work, fieldwork is a big part
of what we do here at Bristol
from local trips,
to far-flung places
Because of this,
 it's a really sociable subject
which is one of the reasons
why we all love it so much
Heading back towards the entrance hall
you'll find our administration office
where the staff are really helpful
with any questions you might have
You'll also find loads more information
about courses and options
on our website
