Syracuse, NY -- Middle school students from around Onondaga County visited Syracuse University Thursday afternoon to dissect pig fetuses at the 18th annual Science Horizons camp. The free weeklong program, sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb, gives one student from every Onondaga County middle school the chance to learn from science professionals and educators. This year, there are 40 students in...
Syracuse, NY -- Middle school students from around Onondaga County visited Syracuse University Thursday afternoon to dissect pig fetuses at the 18th annual Science Horizons camp.
The free weeklong program, sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb, gives one student from every Onondaga County middle school the chance to learn from science professionals and educators. This year, there are 40 students in the camp. So far this week, students have played with animals at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, examined a human heart at Upstate Medical University and explored the insides of a pig fetus at SU’s Life Science’s complex.
“It smells really bad,” said Cameron Rustay, 13, of Bishop Ludden Junior-Senior High School, who was trying to truss the pig.
Ben Gnacik, a biology teacher at Fayetteville-Manlius High School, was supervising the students. “It’s great to see these kids who are future scientists,” Gnacik said. “A lot of kids come in saying that they want to be doctors. We do a lot of medical stuff, but ... there’s more to science then just being a doctor.”
The camp finishes today at 1 p.m. with another visit to the zoo.
Contact Fernando Alfonso III at falfonso@syracuse.com or 470-6078.