SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER BLASTS INTO 2019 WITH GREAT BALLS OF FIRE OPENING JANUARY 19. I can’t wait until Charlie and I will be able to attend Great Balls of Fire.Charlie has always been fascinated with Space and I know attending Great Balls of Fire will relaunch Charlie’s love of Space and the Galaxy.
Frisco Science Museum to engage families with the science behind comets, asteroids and meteors through May 31, 2019
Since its founding 15 years ago, Frisco’s Sci-Tech Discovery Center has brought unique, mind-stretching fun to families and children across North Texas. On Saturday, January 19, 2019, the center will open its newest exhibit, Great Balls of Fire. The 3,500 square foot exhibit engages visitors of all ages to experience the science behind asteroids, comets and meteors.
Great Balls of Fire was created by the Space Science Institute’s National Center for Interactive Learning, with funding from the National Science Foundation and NASA.
The interactive exhibit allows visitors to:
- Climb into a “spaceship” and blast off to the asteroid belt and Jupiter, on a mission to gather data about asteroids and comets.
- Operate a blink comparator device to understand one of the tools astronomers use to find near earth objects.
- Learn how scientists use light curves to determine the shape and movement of asteroids.
- Save Earth and learn about gravity by trying to divert a “rubble pile” asteroid from impacting our planet.
- Shoot a projectile into a water tank and use a Spin
- Browser device to manipulate high-speed video of your impact.
- Examine a collection of rocks and use a series of tests (magnetism, color, and density) to determine which one is a meteorite (or meteor-wrong).
- View clips from Hollywood movies and determine if they got the science right.
- Build their own solar system, including asteroid belts and comets, using a 42” touch-table display.
Sci-Tech Discovery Center Executive Director Peter Claffey sees Great Balls of Fire as a perfect match for the museum’s audience. “Kids and adults alike are fascinated with outer space,” notes Claffey. “Great Balls of Fire uses the fun of Hollywood interpretation and pop culture and brings the real science involved in space exploration to students in a real and reachable way.”
Great Balls of Fire will be available to families through May 31, 2019
WHAT: Great Balls of Fire at Sci-Tech Discovery Center
WHERE: Sci-Tech Discovery Center
8004 North Dallas Parkway, Frisco, TX 75034
972-546-3050
WHEN: January 19 – May 31, 2019
Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Friday: 10 am – 4 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm
Sunday: 12 pm – 5 pm
PRICING:
General Admission (ages 3-64) $8.50
Seniors (ages 65+) $7.50
Military (ID required) $7.50
Teachers (ID required) $7.50
Groups* $7
ABOUT SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER
Responding to a community demand for a cultural & educational destination, Sci-Tech Discovery Center, Inc. (“Sci-Tech”) was established as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 2004 as a multi-year initiative of the Junior League of Collin County, formerly known as the Junior League of Plano. Since then Sci-Tech has found a permanent home in Collin County at the Frisco Discovery Center and offers hands-on exhibits to the next generation of engineers, scientists, educators, and innovators. Sci-Tech provides dynamic education experiences to embrace discovery and innovation through the active exploration of science, math and technology.
For more information about Sci-Tech Discovery Center, call 972.546.3050 or visit www.mindstretchingfun.org. #SciTechDC
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
