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Super Senses
Our bodies interact with our world through our amazing senses, but did you know that anything we see, hear, feel, smell or taste requires billions of nerve cells? Learn how the brain uses specialized body parts to gather information and find out how extraordinary your senses really are!
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Big Idea 2:
The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge
Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy |
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Up, Up and Away!
Get ready for take off and learn to fly! Find out more about the science behind aviation by making your own flyable model jet, and test them on our "Stomp" launching pad.
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Up, Up and Away
Big Idea 12: Motion of Objects
Big Idea 13: Forces and Changes in Motion |
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Animal Adaptations
Discover how animals adapt their bodies and behaviors in order to survive. Learn how they find food and shelter and use camouflage to escape predators. Test your animal skills in our survival lab and meet resident survival experts.
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Big Idea 14: Organization and Development of Living things
Big Idea 17: Interdependence |
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Dino Descendants
What makes an animal a reptile? What makes a dinosaur a reptile? Are all dinosaurs reptiles? Meet museum reptiles to learn the answers to these questions and lots of fascinating facts about the origin of the dinosaurs.
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Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science
Big Idea 15: Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms
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Invisible Forces
What keeps our feet on the ground, causes wooden boards to break and makes paper clips dance? The invisible forces that make up our world can do all of this! Join us for some fun with magnetism, air pressure and gravity.
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Big Idea 12: Motion of Objects
Big Idea 13: Forces and Changes in Motion
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Soapy Science
Bubbles are beautiful, fun and fascinating, but did you know that there is science in your bubble bath? During this demonstration, students will learn about surface tension, why bubbles look the way they do, and the properties of water.
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Big Idea 8: Properties of Matter
Big Idea 9: Changes in Matter
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Grades 3-5 |
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Guts, Poo and Goo
Students will investigate the gross, smelly and disgusting (but necessary) functions of the human body. They will learn that each of these gross parts has a very important job to do to keep you healthy.
| | Guts, Goo, and Poo
Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science
Big Idea 14: Organization of Development of Living Organisms
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| | Our changing Earth
Our planet is continually moving and changing. Why does the earth move under our feet? How is the earth changing right now? Students will understand plate tectonics and geological change over time and their effects on our planet.
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Big Idea 6: Earth Structures |
| | Science of Toys
Who thought science could be this much fun? In this hands-on lab, students will discover how simple children's toys can illustrate scientific concepts. | | Science of Toys
Big Idea 12: Motion of Objects
Big Idea 13: Forces and Changes in Motion
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Sky High Science
A Boeing 747 airplane can weigh up to 875,000 pounds, but how does it stay up in the air? Learn all about the science behind how the big jets fly, the principles of flight and how new discoveryies are advancing technology in aviation.
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Big Idea 12: Motion of Objects
Big Idea 13: Forces and Changes in Motion
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May the Force Be With You!
How do we push a rocket into space? How do we roller skate? Enjoy exciting
demonstrations that explain Newton’s laws of force and motion.
Match with IMAX film - Magnificent Desolation: A Walk on the
Moon 3D • Exhibits - Runways to Rockets: Our Place in Aerospace
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May the force be with you!
Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy
Big Idea 12: Motion of Objects
Big Idea 13: Forces and Changes in Motion
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Classified Information
Some animals have a spine, some don't. Meet our vertebrate and invertebrate animal ambassadors to learn about
the ways these different animals live and grow.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX films - Galapagos 3D, Under the Sea 3D, Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia 3D, African Adventure 3D and Sea Monsters 3D |
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Big Idea 14: Organizing and Development of Living Organisms
Big Idea 15: Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms
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The Secret Life of Microbes
Microbes are tiny unseen bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, and they exist unnoticed by the naked eye. Find out what microscopic life lurks in a drop of water and learn to use a microscope to spy on this invisible world.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX film - Under the Sea 3D
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Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science
Big Idea 14: Organization and Development of Living Organisms
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| | The Science of Art
Distorted images are revealed with a "magic mirror" and codes can be cracked with the secrets of science. Students can create anamorphic art using mathematical grids and the knowledge of reflected light.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with Exhibits -Runways to Rockets: Our Place In Aerospace
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Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science
Big idea 2: The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge
Supporting Idea 4: Geometry and Measurement
Supporting Idea 6: Data Analysis
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The Dating Game
How do scientists know how old thigs really are? Learn about the tools that paleontologists use to date ancient objects and events. Students can actually see and understand the nature of ratioactivity.
Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX® films: Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs and Sea Monsters 3D
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Big Idea 5: Earth Structures
Big Idea 9: Changes in Matter
Big Idea 11: Energy Transfer and Transformations
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Living Without Light: Creatures of the Deep
Did you know that Vampire Squid emit shimmering goo to escape sticky situations, and Dragon Fish glow to attract prey? In this interactive demonstration, learn how sea creatures use bioluminescent abilities to get in and out of dangerous condidtions.Teacher Tip: Great program match with IMAX film - Under the Sea 3D and Sea Monsters 3D
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Big Idea 15: Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms
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Shock It To Me
How do we generate electricity? What causes lightning? Watch as our Van de Graaff generator and Tesla coil help students understand electricity.
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Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy
Big Idea 13: Forces and Changes in Motion
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