A TEACHER who attended a recent dino-dig is now looking forward to a trip to Majorca to take part in another archaeological project.

Suzanne McGroaty, of Trinbity Towers, Burnley, is a science teacher at Hollins Technical College, Accrington.

She won the two-week trip as part of the 3M Environmental Award.

This is not the only award the teacher has won -- she previously scooped £250 for a Dinosaur project.

Suzanne made a track of dinosaur footprints for pupils from a cast supplied by the University of Sheffield.

The double winner will fly to Deia in Majorca, where she will dig for artefacts from the copper age -- 4,500 years ago.

Suzanne will excavate and process the finds on Earthwatch's Majorca's Copper Age dig, which will help scientists understand what the site was used for.

Nearly 200 3unded teachers have taken part in Earthwatch projects since the award was started in 1993.

Suzanne said: "I fly out on July 24, a week after we break up at the school. I'm really looking forward to it, especially with the rain here.

"It's a great opportunity to work alongside experts in the field and gain first-hand experience of research and archaeological techniques.

"I intend to use what I learn to organise a community team to develop an environmental garden at the school."

Suzanne will get full training on the site as she helps Earthwatch scientists study the Son Mas Sanctuary, the oldest sanctuary and ritual site in the Mediterranean.

It is thought the Bell Beaker people, named after the exquisitely decorated pottery they made, first arrived in Majorca 4,500 years ago and used the site for religious and astronomical purposes.