3. Arizona Science Center

Having fun at the Museum
During the hot summer in Phoenix, parents often look for an inside activity to do with their kids. According to the website 10Best.com, the Arizona Science Center is rated as the third favorite museum in Phoenix. The Arizona Science Center, located in downtown Phoenix, offers more than 300 hands-on exhibits, a planetarium, and an IMAX theater. Visitors can explore and learn many aspects of science. At the Arizona Science Center, families can have a wonderful time experiencing the fun hands-on exhibits, appealing activities, and captivating featured exhibitions. At the Arizona Science Center, families become excited about science through the entertaining, hands-on exhibits. Most exhibits provide interactive learning. In contrast, visitors at most other museums, such as the Phoenix Art Museum, are passive, which means they just look and admire the masterpieces. On the other hand, visitors at the Arizona Science Center enjoy being active through the museum by touching, listening, and testing. For instance, “The Steam Table” exhibit demonstrates the powerful force of water. It features a slanted table four feet wide by twelve feet, and is filled with wet sand. Kids and even adults can enjoy molding the wet sand into formations, such as bridges, mountains, tunnels or other forms. Then, they can activate the running water to see how it flows around or erodes their sand formations. The inconvenience with hands-on exhibits is sometimes it does not work perfectly, but the Arizona Science Center fixes them rapidly. Since last year, the museum has updated their exhibitions. The exhibits at the Arizona Science Center provide interactive learning experiences for all family members. The Arizona Science Center stands out through its other appealing activities in addition to the regular exhibitions. Visitors can see the stars even during the day, thanks to the planetarium. IMAX provides a unique way to see a movie on a giant screen. Visitors are fascinated by the oversized pictures. The spectators feel like they are actually there. For example, through “The Grand Canyon” movie, they can feel the grandiose of the Grand Canyon. Sadly, those two activities are priced separately, but the planetarium is the only one in Arizona. Also, the IMAX is the same price as the theatre in Tempe. Other appealing activities are the demonstrations, where experts conduct experiments to explain topics. The demonstrations such as the digestion are great ways to visualize certain concepts which are free with general admission. The visitors need to check the schedule for times and locations because the shows are just once a day, but the demonstrations are so fascinating that the wait is worth the reward. The museum also offers summer camps, birthday parties and special activities for groups. The visitors have a large variety of activities for many fun filled hours. The featured exhibitions fascinate visitors through high quality and diversity of subjects. The featured exhibitions are created by individual museums or organizations that the Science Center rents and displays for a few months, then the exhibition go to other museums around the world. The Arizona Science Center gives visitors the chance to see them without traveling to a big city such as Los Angeles. These exhibitions are available for a limited time, but the museum has them for a good amount of time which allows visitors to enjoy them. For example, “Star Trek: the exhibition” was there from November to May. Some traveling exhibitions cost extra, but they are high quality and display unique objects. For instance, in the Star Trek exhibitions, the visitors can see the original props used in the television series and some spaceship models. The traveling exhibitions attract a large amount of visitors through their unique displays and interesting subjects. The Arizona Science Center is a top pick for families because visitors can explore hands-on exhibits, enjoy many other activities, and become captivated by the traveling exhibitions. The museum offers 300 hands-on exhibits to facilitate fun learning. Visitors can do many others activities, such as see a presentation in the planetarium, an IMAX movie, or assist with a demonstration. With the traveling exhibitions, visitors can see exclusive displays. Parents bring kids to the museum to encourage fun learning, but parents are surprised to have fun while exploring the exhibitions. Kids will want to come back and experience more along with parents too.