Inquiry & Connections
Making science connections.
The Museum challenges visitors to recognize and practice their scientific thinking skills. A variety of "hands-on, minds-on" activity stations allow visitors to experience the scientific process by asking questions, formulating hypotheses, performing experiments, examining evidence, and drawing conclusions.
Live PresentationS
- Frankly Franklin
- God's Dice
- Home Run Science
- Iceman Mystery
- Lower Your Home & Auto Fuel Costs!
- Mind Games & Optical Illusions
- Motel of the Mysteries
- SciCORE Science Theater Plays
- Science Live!
- Selections from Powers of Ten
- Sound and Music
- Super-Cold Science
- The Real Adventures of Spiderman!
ExhibitS
- Investigate!
- Making Models
- Natural Mysteries
- Playing by the Rules: Fish, Fads, and Fireflies
- Take A Closer Look
- Weems Animal Sculptures
Temporary ExhibitS
LectureS
- August 02, 2008 - Babe Ruth and Ted Williams: Behind the Legends
- August 09, 2008 - The Spaceman on the Art and Science of Pitching
PodcastS
- September 28, 2007 - Genographic Project | Velociraptor or Turkey?
- June 15, 2007 - Studying Chimpanzees
- June 09, 2007 - Stem Cell Advancements | Cancer Research
- November 24, 2006 - Death by Jet Lag
- January 27, 2006 - Forest Health and the Inner Workings of Alzheimer’s
VideocastS
Design Challenges
Design Challenges, the popular program in which visitors engineer a solution using provided materials, now has its own website where visitors can browse all of the program's activities, download worksheets, and play the "Aviary Architect" interactive game.
