Young Explorers Experience
Many experiences in our science center are designed for preschool children. Safe and exciting spaces are set up so young kids can use their natural curiosity to explore cause and effect, interact with hands-on exhibits, and investigate interesting objects and materials. Come out to play!
Exhibits
KidsLab
Visitors in kindergarten and younger have this multisensory play area all to themselves.
- Discover geometry by stacking, connecting, and building with our giant blocks and shapes.
- Design raceways and explore acceleration with our gravity wall.
- Enjoy books that emphasize key concepts for young children in our cozy reading area.
Nano
The Nano zone can be lots of fun for our smallest visitors. Balance an assortment of blocks on a tippy table, have fun with magnets, and see just how small a nanometer is (and how big you are in comparison) by measuring your height, feet, and hands in nanometers.
Ingenuity in Action
A wide variety of building materials awaits young visitors when they explore which shapes fly the highest, hover the best, and shoot through our wind tubes the fastest. What combination of wheels and gearing creates a car that is the speediest or climbs the highest? Our popular LEGO car area returns this fall.
Forces that Shape the Bay
Playing in our outdoor science park is like taking a trip to the banks of a river. Kids can control the water flowing from a simulated Sierra Nevada, dig in the sand on specially designed erosion tables, look through a telescope, and climb around a giant sculpture.
Activities
Planetarium
Our 1:00 p.m. show A Sky Full of Stars is perfect for kids ages 4 to 8. Journey through an entire day to observe the sun, view the Big Dipper, and imagine pictures in the stars. Recommended for ages 4–8, with adult.
Sponsored by ScholarShare.
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