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See rocks and fossils from around the world. Look through microscopes, watch a seismometer. Talk to professors and geology students about tree rings, the ocean floor, dinosaurs, earthquakes, rocks, and minerals. Children are especially encouraged to attend! So read the invitation that was publicized in Wooster area newspapers as well as throughout local school systems to announce the Department's Earth Day 2000 Open House held in Scovel Hall on Saturday morning, April 22. The day's schedule included the following presentations:
Along with two identical sessions showcasing the following areas of the Department:
Throughout the morning, we hosted to a wide variety of visitors: parents brought babies in strollers while other parents held the hands of toddlers and school-age children; there were junior high and high school students as well as adults of all ages; there were those who brought fossils and rocks to be identified, and even some who took pictures. With the enthusiastic group that participated in the the Department's first Open House, plans are already in the works to host another in the Spring of 2001. |