What does it take to create a video game, line up rhythms like the best DJs, or design a roller coaster that produces the biggest thrills? Whether it is art, music, or engineering, it takes math and science to meet these design challenges.

Availability:
Oct - Dec 2015
Feb - Apr 2016
June - Aug 2016

Animation brings together art, math, science, and technology that teaches visitors the process of animation. Surrounded by colorful, larger-than life graphics of popular characters from Cartoon Network, families and children will delight in bringing their own creations to life as they experiment with story boarding, character design, drawing techniques, movement, timing, filming, sound, and editing.

Enter the wonderfully puzzling world of Mindbender Mansion, an eclectic place full of brainteasers and interactive challenges guaranteed to test the brain power and problem solving skills of even the most experienced puzzlers.

Observe the sights and sounds of the Meadow. Pretend to be an eagle, chipmunk, and raccoon in the Woods. Explore the Cave and investigate specimens from the natural world in the Naturalists' Tent.

Money isn't just about dollars and cents. The ancient Aztecs used chocolate for money, and Yap Islanders used 500-lb. stones! So what is money and how does it work? Families, adults, and children can explore the history, science, math, and economics behind money in Moneyville. This highly interactive traveling exhibition uses the familiar and fascinating subject of money to build math skills and promote economic literacy in a fun, immersive, urban environment.

Visitors explore nutrition and fitness in Eat Well, Play Well, a new bilingual (English / Spanish) exhibition featuring fun, hands-on components. Nutrition and fitness education come together to encourage all-around healthy living for visitors of all ages! Available in three sizes: 500, 800 and 1,500 square feet.

Children ages 2-7 create, play, and learn as they explore the concepts of construction, motion, and simple machines. Visitors can hand-operate a pulley or conveyer belt to explore cause and effect, and turn the wheels of a gantry crane to transport cargo. Little Builders is also a learning laboratory for parents, teachers, and other care providers to observe, understand, and interact with their little builders.

Satellites have dramatically changed the way we study our planet. A View from Space, a bilingual (English/Spanish) exhibition gives museum visitors a chance to see the world from a satellite's perspective. Visitors will be able to track a hurricane from space, send a satellite spinning into orbit around a model Earth, study astonishing images of our planet captured by NASA's Earth Observing System, and more.

From mathematical conundrums to mind-boggling block puzzles, hands-
on problem solving is the theme of this popular traveling exhibition, for individuals of all ages. Each puzzle stimulates active participation, requiring creative thinking and innovative strategies to solve the challenges. Visitors to this exhibition have been known to return time and time again in hopes of solving all of these fun and educational puzzles!