Flat Rock Brook Science Assembly January 2023

*For Grade 6-8: Tuesday, 1/24 @10:00 - 11:30am
*For Grade 3-5: Tuesday, 1/24 @12:30 - 2:00pm
*For pre-K - Grade 2: Wednesday, 1/25 @9:30 - 11:00am

ECEF is hosting a "Raptor Fair" in both North Cliff School and Upper School! The team of Flat Rock Brook Nature Center is bringing in “Tilly” the Eastern Screech Owl and "Jones" the Red Tailed Hawk, as well as fun educational activities, and interesting raptor models!

Explore the world of raptors through hands-on activities such as Raptor Repast where students can “prepare food” (weighted toy mice) for the raptors and learn why it is so important they receive the correct amount of food. Then they can test their strength against the birds of prey by using a dynamometer (grip tester), can they match up to the PSI of a hawk, eagle, or even a great horned owl? Students will see first hand how the hawks and owls use their talons to perch and hear how owls wings flap quieter than other bird wings. Then they can stop by the microscope station to see how feathers “zip” together so perfectly. Participants will meet live raptors, see up close the adaptations that help them to survive in the wild, and learn how Flat Rock Brook cares for our non-releasable resident raptors.