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A rat putting a ball through a hoop while playing basketball.
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Rat Basketball

Learn about operant and classical conditioning as you watch our Rat Basketball team play a game - no we aren't kidding!
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Cow Eye Dissection

​Let anatomy amaze you! Observe live as an educator dissects a cow eye.
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live demo

Amazing Animals

Have an up-close encounter with snakes, cockroaches, and rats.

Coming in April

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Supercool: Liquid Nitrogen

Watch us perform some amazing science tricks with liquid nitrogen.

Coming in April

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Illustration of a prism on a purple background. Light shines through the prism emitting a rainbow effect.
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Illuminating Light

Explore the mysterious, wondrous world of light and its remarkable characteristics!
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Shine Bright Speed Light

Come listen to a tale of how visible light travels at the same, finite, constant speed.
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Wonderful Water

Come explore the science of oceans from density to currents and more!

Earth Day Demonstration

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Waves coming from the Sun to Earth.
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Storytelling: Something's (A)Foote with Eunice

Learn about the female scientist who discovered heat-trapping gases.
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Rat Basketball

Learn about operant and classical conditioning as you watch our Rat Basketball team play a game – no, we aren’t kidding.
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