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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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Storytelling: Hot Milk? Dairy Cows Go on Strike

Watch silly shenanigans unfold as farm animals protest the heat.
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Scientific Method

Help us make some scientific predictions as we go step-by-step through an exciting experiment.
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Shark Dissection

Sharks have amazing adaptations inside and out! Watch as an educator dissects a spiny dogfish.
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Wonderful Water

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

Chemistry is at its coolest when you put it into action! See four types of chemical reactions and learn the differences between them.
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Science on a Sphere

This six-foot-diameter suspended globe features illuminated images of atmospheric storms, climate change, ocean temperatures and more!

Saturdays & Sundays at 2 p.m.

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Simple Machines

Learn how simple machines work and observe them in action.
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