The 2022 Summer Exploration Camp guide is getting ready to drop! We have more than 100 week-long day camps available for completed grades K4 through 9th. Until the guide launches, make sure your membership is active, and check that your online account access is working! We will hit the ground running for member registration on Monday, March 7, at 8 a.m. (and concierge registration for those select supporting members on March 2 and 3)! Open registration will be available to everyone starting March 9.

Roper Mountain was recently featured on an SCETV episode of Carolina Classrooms. Check out our featured facilities, which were filmed during a field trip from Greenville County Schools’ Stone Academy.

Applications are now being accepted for the upcoming 2022 Summer Science PLUS Institute. This year we are pleased to offer seventeen courses spanning all grade levels. Priority deadline is February 11. Teachers submitting applications after the deadline will be automatically placed on the alternates list. Applications are accepted until the final summer course ends. Applicants will be notified via email of their status on or before March 11. Apply HERE. If you have any questions please contact Interim Coordinator Robin Walsh or Assistant Coordinator Lorraine Taylor.

Males, like the mount on display in Harrison Hall of Natural Science, have dark iridescent plumage, bare heads, and necks with blue and pink streaks. These gobblers also have spurs and a beard: a tuft of thick, hair-like feathers that protrude out of the animal’s breast.

Female turkeys (hens) lack the spurs and most do not have a beard. Flocks usually consist of hens and immatures.

Wild Turkeys have long, thick legs and large toes for walking and scratching. Turkey tracks in the snow show the 3 long toes facing forward and sometimes the hind toe print. Their metatarsal pad and claws don’t typically show up in the snow.

It has been a sight watching our flock of Wild Turkeys outside and seeing their tracks in the snow! Visit us during Afternoon Explorations and see what else you might discover at Roper Mountain.