Wilburton senior GEAR UP students recently visited the Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. Students engaged in hands-on learning experiences as they interacted with numerous science exhibits. Students learned about electricity, motion, gravity, geology, and space. The exhibits students visited included the Navy Gallery, Mirror Maze, Eye on the Sky, EneryQuest, Elemental Worlds, and Destination Space. After exploring the museum, students could view a showing in the planetarium or watch a Science Live experiment. The

Wilburton Junior GEAR UP students recently visited Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center in Spiro, OK. Upon arrival, students were given an introductory program about the Mississippian people by Center Director Anna Vincent.  Afterward, students broke up into groups and walked the nearly two miles of interpreted trails where they saw the Craig Mound, which was the burial mound of the Spiro people.  They also saw a reconstructed house showing how the early people used river cane,