Science Place
Science Place
Next time you visit Dallas, be sure to make a stop by The Science Place which is one of the most unique museums in the Southwest United States. This venue opened originally in 1946, and has added exhibit halls, a planetarium, and the oldest science preschool in the southwest.
Over 150,000 people per year visit this establishment and learn about various aspect of science through their amazingly fun "hands-on" exhibits for kids to experience various scientific experiments so they learn without realizing it.
Some of the permanent exhibits include My Home Planet Earth, which is a bilingual, hands-on exhibit that is designed to let children learn how the choices they make regarding food they eat, water they drink and air they breathe around themselves has a impact on their health.
Another popular exhibit is titled Brain: The World Inside Your Head and you get to walk through an enlarged brain, with a lightening grid that shows the nerve endings communicating with the brain and how it works. There are also real brains on display for viewing. Your kids can participate in several different activities including the very popular "popping" a brain synapse and using a virtual laser beam to excise a brain tumor.
Seven different sections recreate the workings of the body's most essential organ and delve into everything from neurons to brain chemicals, dreams to language development, and depression to Alzheimer's disease to help demystify the brain and destigmatize brain-based diseases and disorders.
The Science Place is an unusual way to spend an afternoon whether you have kids along, or are just a big kid at heart.
