Our philosophy starts with the simple belief that kids are capable of incredible things. Our job is to nurture that ability; our goal is to support kids' healthy development. Play is how kids learn--here, it is in both a STEM-rich environment and inviting outdoor experience.
This gallery of fun, hands-on activities uses real world, visual interpretations of math concepts to show that math is all around us, every day--and fun!
Pretend you can have 2 scoops of ice cream and there are 4 flavors to choose from. How many choices do you have? Expore combinations and permutations with this fun, creative math problem.
Send balls through a wall-sized probability board and generate a graph of stacked balls that shows the probability of different pathways.
Set a 110-pound harmonograph table in motion and watch it swing in unique patterns. Capture the beautiful and complex motion of this compound pendulum on your own one-of-a-kind poster to take home.
Watch mesmerizing lines and arcs form and reform in this kinetic art sculpture that rolls a ball through sand, forever creating and redesigning beautiful patterns.
Create spiraling white sand patterns on grey slate when you swing funnels on pendulums. Compare the paths of the 1 and 2-point sand pendulums to one another and to the Harmonograph, a giant 4-point pendulum.
Dance along with Mickela Mallozi, the Emmy® Award-winning host of the PBS show Bare Feet, which explores traditional cultures around the world through dance. Move to the music along with Mickela and recreate the patterns and shapes in dance in this one-of-a-kind exhibit.
Float above the floor, become a twin, and see yourself reflected in a whole new ways!
