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Animal of the Month October 16, 2008

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Eastern Screech Owl

Cricket

Name: Cricket

Cricket’s Story

 Cricket came to the Science Center in Fall of 2000.  She was attacked by a cat in the backyard.  The cat proceeded to bring the young owl into its own kitchen.  The owner of the cat found the owl and called a Wildlife Center to come rescue the bird.  Her wounds were cared for and Cricket was released back into the wild. 

To the Wildlife Center’s surprise, the owl returned to where it was released.  It hung around for several days.  This is called “imprinting“.  Imprinting can be defined as “a learning process in which a newborn or very young animal establishes a behavior pattern of recognition and attraction to another animal of its own kind or to a substitute identified as a parent” (American Heritage Dictionary).  With Cricket, this was a bird who had become attached to humans.  She was sent to the Science Center for use in educational programs.

 

Cricket is used in our programs for classes studying Birds, Adaptations, Owls, Nocturnal Animals, Flight, and many more.

 

Want to learn some facts about Screech Owls? or listen to what they sound like?  Click on the link below:
http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Megascops&species=asio

Science Center gets a Seismograph! October 14, 2008

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The Science Center is very excited to announce the arrival of a Seismograph.  As a finalist for MA Teacher of the Year, Mr. Papadonis  received funding from Hannafords Supermarkets.  The money was used to purchase the seismograph.  Once it is up and running, students will be able to observe real-time earthquake activity from around the world.

Hello from the Science Center! October 9, 2008

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Mr. Papadonis & Ms. Pavlicek

Mr. Papadonis & Ms. Pavlicek

Greetings from the Science Center! We would like to introduce our new blog. We are very excited and look forward to sharing the world of Science with you.  

 ”Science is Life”