SCICON Observatory & Circle J-Norris Ranch
SCICON (The Clemmie Gill School of Science and Conservation) is an outdoor education facility operated by the Tulare County Office of Education above Springville. We recognize that to understand the earth one must recognize the earth's cosmic envrionment. To bring this understanding to our students in an experiential way we operate an observatory with a 14" Meade "go-to" telescope (housed in a roll-off observatory building), and a planetarium.
In addition to the observatory on the main SCICON campus, we have a number of 10" Dobsonian telescopes for use at the Circle J-Norris Ranch facility where students can learn to find things in the sky by themselves. The Circle J-Norris Ranch program includes workshops for teachers and opportunities for teachers to bring their classes at different times of the year outside the normal SCICON program.
Tulare County
Office of Education SCICON web site |
