Greenville, South Carolina is home to the Roper Mountain Science Center. It includes a campus with labs for researching biological and natural sciences, as well as space and physical sciences. Its vision is to be a national leader in scientific education, a center for creative learning, and a catalyst for community participation. Its mission is to encourage all learners to explore and influence their environment by igniting their inherent curiosity. The Living History Farm, Darrell W. Harrison Hall of Natural Sciences, the Symmes Hall of Science, the T.C. Hooper Planetarium, Hipp Auditorium, and the Daniel Observatory are among its amenities. The Greenville County School District owns and operates the center. At the Living History Farm, the past comes to life. On the bottom half of the 62-acre Roper Mountain site, authentic log houses, corn cribs, a barn, a blacksmith shop, a school, and a former slave cottage have been restored to depict life in the early 1800s in South Carolina’s Upstate. The Charles E. Daniel Observatory houses a vintage 23-inch refractor telescope, the country’s eighth biggest of its kind. The Great Refractor was the principal instrument of Princeton University’s Halsted Observatory when it was constructed in 1882. The Charles E. Daniel Family Foundation supplied funds for the renovation of the telescope as well as the construction of the observatory building to house it. Visitors are educated, inspired, and entertained by the telescope. The Spitz 4K IQ projection system is being installed for the first time in the United States at the Hooper Planetarium. For students and the general public, programming includes entertaining, inspiring, and educational classes in astronomy, earth science, life science, anatomy, and history. During the Laser Days of Summer and Holiday Laser performances, the Planetarium also has a Laser Fantasy projection system that plays popular music to lasers. The public is welcome to visit the planetarium on Friday Starry Nights and other chosen public activities. Carolina Skies (a live sky discussion), the main show, and the ever-popular Rollercoaster are all on the Friday night agenda. The Harrison Hall of Natural Science building is home to a variety of fascinating species, from creepy crawlies to writhing snakes. In our Tropical RainForest, you may become a jungle adventurer. Microscopes are used to study the miniature world. Spend the day at the beach with stingrays and horseshoe crabs in our Marine Lab. The butterfly garden has a wide variety of flora that attract butterflies and bees, and it is beautiful at all times of the year and is maintained by the Greater Greenville Master Gardeners. It was designated as a National Wildlife Federation Schoolyard Habitat in 2002. The Symmes Hall of Science is where things become loud and dirty. Students put on their goggles and get messy with science, from chemical combinations to experiments and forensics.  Several exhibitions, including Our Water Story, Sustainable Future, the Nature Exchange, and a Habitat Walkthrough. The scientific center’s yearly student attendance has increased from 4,600 to over 80,000 since its inauguration in 1985. (50,000 onsite and 30,000 through outreach). All Greenville County children are eligible for free school programs, whereas students from other districts must pay a fee. The Roper Mountain Science Center honors people who are dedicated to offering science education to all pupils, regardless of their intellectual or financial capacities.

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