We visited the Arizona Science Center last weekend. It was a hot summer day, and my son picked it over a trip to the Grand Canyon. 
It had been many years since I’d visited the Science Center, so it was a good refresher. The building is currently undergoing major renovations, but there was still more than enough to see, even though we skipped the featured exhibit (The Science of Fear!), the planetarium, and the IMAX theatre.
On the first floor, the home construction exhibit, “Many Hands Make a Home”, is always a hit with both kids and adults. It is fun to see how a home is put together step by step.
Moving upstairs, we spent a bit of time on the “Music Landing” playing with sound, and then headed over to the Get Charged Up Gallery, another one of the many hands-on exhibits. In here, I laid on a bed of nails. It was prickly, but not painful at all. Actually, it felt pretty cool.
On the third floor, the “My Digital World” was new to me. Fun! I had to pull my camera out for one of the exhibits (see the show below). Still don’t know quite how the technology works on this one, but totally enjoyed watching everyone play with the light!
The Forces of Nature exhibits on this floor were interesting, too. My favorite was the short movie about weather, complete with wind, heat, and rain showers.
SRP sponsored a solar exhibit, “Solarville”, in the fourth floor hallway. Small, but definitely educational. It’s so much easier to understand a concept when you have a chance to play or get a hands-on experience.
The Arizona Science Center is located at 600 E. Washington in downtown Phoenix, just north of Chase Field. We parked in the garage just north of the Science Center, and with validation, the charge was only a buck (even though there was a Diamondbacks game going on at the same time). Exhibit hours are usually 10-5, seven days a week, but you will want to check the center’s web site to make sure.
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