Visiting The Calgary Science Center Is An Educational Experience Disguised As Plain Old Fun.

A visit to the the center is an educational experience disguised as plain old fun.

Through a combination of exhibits, shows, demonstrations, films, classes, and programs, the facility uses an entertaining, interactive approach to teach both the young and the young at heart about the world of science.

Since then, the former Calgary Science Center has made good use of its resources, building a new Creative Kids Museum in an adjoining lot and breaking ground for an expansion project.

Bigger, better versions of the former Calgary Science Center and the museum are scheduled to open at a new 15 acres location north of the Calgary Zoo by 2011. Until then, anyone curious about the wonders of science can visit TWOS at its present site in the downtown west end of Calgary, recognizable by its large white dome. That dome crowns Alberta’s largest indoor theatre, the Discovery Dome, which replaced the planetarium in 1995.

In this multi-media theater, science lessons hit the big screen, with enhanced sound, computer graphics, slides, and motion-picture images lending star quality to the various presentations.

In Human Body, techniques such as thermal imagery and x-rays give the audience a super-sized view of the human body from the inside out.

The show unravels the mysteries of bodily processes in interesting ways, as when it takes viewers on a trip on a tomato from mouth to stomach.

For those who are not squeamish, Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure explores the lives of forty tropical insects, shown at a cringe-inducing magnification of 250,000.

There are numerous other films to watch, and groups can use the Choose Your Own Adventure option to schedule a particular show to coincide with their visits.

For those who prefer hands-on experiences, the former Calgary Science Center offers many interactive exhibits, such as the new Kidstuff, an exploration of classic toys from the sixties and seventies that includes a life-sized Chutes and Ladders game.

In Amazement Park, guests can engage in a variety of fun tasks, such as serving as a human bobsled or lifting a 320-kilogram globe with an 8-meter ruler.

The Demo Theater uses interactive demonstrations, activities, and movies to explain scientific discoveries and phenomena such as force, motion, magnetism, and electricity.

In the Lego® MindstormsTM Centre, a 45-minute facilitated program allows visitors to use a computer software system to create, program, and test a robot.

These include astronomy classes for adults and science programs for schoolchildren or children’s groups.

Teachers or parents can register students for spring break camps, summer camps, Science Kidzzz Sleepovers, or any of the numerous offerings.

For all courses, exhibits, and activities, the former Calgary Science Center lists the appropriate age groups and the school curriculum requirements to which they relate.

Visitors can incorporate learning into a special occasion by renting a room for birthday parties or other functions, and TWOS hosts special events throughout the year.

The facility is open seven days a week, including most holidays, and the admission price for the former Calgary Science Center includes access to the Creative Kids Museum, and vice versa.

The Telus World of Science in Calgary (formerly known as the Calgary Sience center) will make you love science, even if you never did before.

For more information, visit www.calgaryscience.ca or call (403) 268-8300

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