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Our Mission
To ignite the natural curiosity of all learners to explore and shape their world
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Only 4 Afternoon Explorations are left, May 2, 3, 9, 10: Thursday and Friday
from 1:30-5PM!
• Explore the Environmental Science and Sustainability Building, Harrison Hall of Science, and the Living History Farm!
• Bring items to our popular Nature Exchange
• Search for life-size models of both young and adult dinosaurs along our outdoor Dinosaur Adventure Trail.
• Enjoy a stroll through our beautiful Butterfly Garden
• Sail the high seas while playing at the Pirate and Castle playground
• Engage in creative outdoor play in Wildwood
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Afternoon Explorations concludes on May 10th! We invite you to join us for Summer Adventure beginning June 1st! Summer Adventure is open Tuesday-Saturday 10AM-4PM between June 1st and July 27th. | |
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Friday Starry Nights
Magic Globe
May 3rd, 10th, 17th,
24th, 31st
4:30 p.m.
Details and Tickets
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Friday Starry Nights
Two Small Pieces of Glass
May 3rd, 10th, 17th,
24th, 31st
6:00 p.m.
Details and Tickets
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Friday Starry Nights
Chasing the Ghost Particle
May 3rd, 10th, 17th,
24th, 31st
7:30 p.m.
Details and Tickets
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Check out these tiny little monarch babies! They are voracious eaters! Thankfully we grow many host plants in our Butterfly Garden as well as at the Living History Farm to keep these little ones happy!
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The new greenhouse has allowed us to get a head start on growing vegetable seedlings for the farm, and the squirrels can’t get to them!
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Students working in our cafe are fortunate to learn outside of the kitchen, too, and are assisting in multiple ways: with greenhouse plant care, harvesting farm produce, gathering farm fresh eggs at our barn, and using these fresh ingredients in their recipes.
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While Roper Mountain is a large and diverse campus, we hope you will discover how we have thoughtfully woven together activities from one area to another. And how it all works together to accomplish our mission to ignite the curiosity of all learners to explore and shape their world.
Come visit Roper Mountain this summer and see what a fascinating place this is, both in the physical amenities available to guests and in how our various programs complement and enhance each other. You and your family will have a wonderful time learning and exploring!
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LIVE DEMO ON FOX CAROLINA
Tune in on May 14th between 10-11AM to see Ashley Zalabak with a few of our animal stars and to learn more about Summer Adventure!
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NATURE EXCHANGE
Special Nature Exchange Trader Event!
Now through May 10th.
Help us RECYCLE and REUSE! We are in need of 2-liter bottles with caps, individual Simply juice bottles with lids and clear water and soda bottles. Bring your cleaned and capped items to Nature Exchange during Afternoon Explorations by May 10th for a point bonus!
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SUMMER CAMP
Camp Spaces Available for Completed Grades 4 or 5!
Junior Master Gardener S1 and S2 – complete both weeks and become a certified Junior Master Gardener!
Weeks of June 24 and July 8
Rock Hounds, week of July 8
Tabletop Adventures, week of July 29
Visit our website for more information and to register: https://www.ropermountain.org/public.asp?titleid=summercamp
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EARTH DAY
Thank you to our partners, Greenville Water, ReWa, SC Farm Bureau, and Greenville County Soil and Water for joining us on Friday, April 19th to celebrate Earth Day!
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Did you know that we had staff observing the April 8 total solar eclipse all over the United States? When the sky goes dark and temperatures drop, some animals respond in odd or predictable ways. Animals take behavioral cues from nature, so a total or partial eclipse during the middle of the day can signal that it is dawn, twilight or night.
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Michael Weeks, RMSC Director, and family enjoyed darkness in the Hill Country of Texas. He reported that the birds were active and sang more during the partial eclipse but continued singing during totality as well.
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Thomas Riddle, our Assistant Director, represented Roper Mountain as a guest host on CNN International for the Eclipse Across America special, and heard the first reports from Mexico, including macaw parrots flying back to roost during the eclipse.
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Anne Howell, our Nature Exchange manager/instructor, reported from rural Indiana that bats began to fly and birds stopped calling. She also noticed that the winds calmed down.
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Donna Frank, our STEM/Planetarium Instructor, reported from Cleveland, Ohio, that birds just before the eclipse got noisy and then quieted during the eclipse.
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Jennifer Romatelli, our Outreach Program Coordinator, reported from Vermont that owls started hooting and mosquitoes became more active.
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During our 2017 total eclipse here at Roper Mountain, I remember observing a big black and yellow orb-weaving garden spider removing her web, as if it were dawn or dusk. I also remember crickets beginning to call.
We hope all of you had a chance to see how life responds to the dramatic event of a partial or total eclipse.
By Tim Taylor, Roper Mountain Natural Science Specialist
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This month, we feature Greenville Water and ReWa, who are sponsors of the Our Water Story exhibit in the Environmental Science Building. These two agencies were on hand for our recent Earth Day celebration during Afternoon Explorations, with a variety of fun, hands-on, educational activities. Without these partners and their generous investment, our Environmental Science Building would not be the amazing place that it is! Thank you, Greenville Water and ReWa, for helping us ignite the natural curiosity of all learners to explore and shape their world!
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Summer Adventure is fast approaching. Have you prepared by downloading your digital membership card? Expedite your entry to RMSC by showing your digital card or pre-ordered tickets at the entrance for fast and easy admission.
If you have not accessed your digital membership card, you can do so through these simple instructions:
- Sign into your online account on your phone
- Go to the membership section in your Profile
- Click on Digital Membership and select the card to download
- Add the card to the wallet on your phone to load the membership number and barcode
- Show your membership card at the entrance for admission
Tickets can also be pre-ordered and accessed through your online account. If you have not set up an online account you can do so at https://rmsc.ticketapp.org/portal/register.
Please contact Audrey Pyle, Membership Coordinator, at Apyle@greenville.k12.sc.us or 864-355-8902 for further assistance.
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Members receive 10% off all t-shirt and hat purchases. Mention that you are a member to receive your discount.
PLUS earn an additional 25 points each time you wear your t-shirt to Nature Exchange!
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Spark Good
Walmart recently launched Walmart Spark Good Round Up where customers can round up their purchases to the nearest dollar and donate the change to their favorite charity. We would love for you to choose Roper Mountain Science Center as your charity to receive these donations every time you shop on Walmart.com. Just select us from the drop down menu when you checkout!
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Give Back to Roper Mountain
We appreciate your consideration in making a donation to support our mission to help lay the foundation for future successes for school and public programming.
Make a gift to Roper Mountain today.
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THANK YOU COMMUNITY PARTNERS | | |
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Visionary:
BOSCH Community Fund
The Daniel-Mickel Foundation
Dodge Industrial, Inc.
Fluor Foundation
Fluor Golf for Greenville
Greenville Water
Lockheed Martin Corporation
ReWa
South Carolina Farm Bureau
Explorer:
BMW Manufacturing
GE
SEW-EURODRIVE
Voyager:
Audacy Communications
Greenville Federal Credit Union
Rose Ball Committee
Milliken, Inc.
Spartanburg Community Foundation
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Adventurer:
AFL Global
Bank of Travelers Rest
Bannon Foundation
Brian Cauthen
Contec, Inc.
Koops, Inc.
Ryobi Power Tools
Minor and Hal Shaw
South Carolina Charities
TD Charitable Foundation
HDR
Innovator:
Greenville Master Gardeners
Kay and Les Knight
Carla and Brian Olson
Piedmont Natural Gas
Publix Super Market Charities
ScanSource Charitable Foundation
Kathryn and Jerry Smith
South Carolina Humanities
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We welcome your feedback. Email Roper Mountain to share your thoughts. | | | | |
