The age of Bernie, the African Culcata tortoise, one of the stars of the show, was more than double the combined ages of teachers and participants at this session.  Photo by Justin Freise

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Reptiles were the creatures of choice at the Dec. 7 children’s science class at the Ecology Center. The classes feature age-appropriate experiments, activities, projects, stories and songs.