The Howard B. Owens Science Center provides opportunities for teachers to add enrichment to science presented in the classroom. Calendar of Events Present Classes Sampling of Classes Reptiles - Past and Present Specimens in use at the Science Center include a wide variety of fossils collected locally.
Students examine the way fossils form by creating their own fossils in the classroom.
In all respects, students are expected to act as scientists in the gathering of data and samples in their particular area of study. After looking at optical illusions to observe the brain's importance in vision, the students then learn that white light is composed of Newton's seven colors of the rainbow. They observe objects under white light and then under individual colors to get an idea of how dyes reflect and absorb various colors. Students have the most fun when they dissect a cow's eye. Now it's the students' turn and they quickly forget to be squeamish.