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Palouse Discovery Science Center
OPEN: Tuesday 10am-5pm, Wed-Saturday 10am-3pm
Holiday Hours: CLOSED Dec. 29th & 30th
Programs
Exploring Energy
Light Tricks:
Discover how light behaves and how your eye works. Do some tricks with light, make some optical illusions and find out how they fool your brain!
Suggested Audience: Ages 6-Adult
The Sound of Light:
Learn about the amazing discoveries that led to Alexander Graham Bell's invention he called a "photophone," a device you will make that allows you to transmit the sound of your voice using light! See how energy can be changed from one form to another.
Suggested Audience: Ages 10-Adult
Chemical Energy:
Explore chemical reactions using everyday chemicals, and determine whether they produce energy or use up energy when they happen.
Suggested Audience: Ages 8-Adult
Energy for the Future!
Hydrogen Power!
Discover the power of hydrogen and how it can be harnessed using a hydrogen fuel cell. Assemble a model of the car of the future that runs on only hydrogen and oxygen and produces no pollution!
Suggested Audience: Ages 10-Adult
Solar Power!
Explore how solar cells work and use the energy from the sun to power up a car and more!
Suggested Audience: Ages 18-Adult
Snap Circuits Green:
Create simple circuits and learn many ways you can generate electricity to power up buzzers and lights.
Suggested Audience: Ages 6-Adult
Wind Power!
Harness the wind to either power a car (for younger groups) or create turbine blades that lift the most weights or generate the most electricity!
Suggested Audience: Ages 6-Adult
Energy for the Future!
Galileo's Telescope:
Experiment with lenses to gain an understanding of how a telescope works. Then assmeble a "Galileoscope" and view distant objects.
(An evening program to observe the moon or planets can also be arranged.)
Suggested Audience: Ages 10-Adult
LEGO WeDo Robotics:
Learn the basics about programming simple robots. We bring the LEGO WeDo kits and laptops. Create an art spinner, twirling birds, a chomping alligator, a roaring lion, or a critter of your own design in this fun, hands-on program. It is best to allow 2 hours for this one!
Suggested Audience: Ages 7-Adult
We Also Have Traveling Exhibits!
Portable Exhibits
We have three sets of portable exhibits we can bring to school or out-of-school events for Outreach.
Light in Action:
16 exhibits with hands-on activities about light and optics.
Suggested Audience: Ages 9-Adult
Brain Power:
16 exhibits with hands-on, problem-solving activities that make you use your brain.
Suggested Audience: Ages 9-Adult
Math Builders:
16 exhibits with hands-on, problem-solving math activities.
Suggested Audience: Ages 9-Adult
Outreach
Listed below are the outreach lessons and exhibits available for outreach in the state of Washington. To get a quote or learn more, please call our front desk at 509-332-6869 or email frontdesk@palousescience.org.