Discovery Center in Springfield

Todday McKenna visits Discovery Center to learn about Animatronics and the care that keeps the dinosaurs moving and realistic.

6-8.ETS1.A Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

Challenger Learning Center

Space exploration is growing and involves more than a few astronauts. Today we learn about some of the missions of the past and what is ahead, from radioactive rocks to finding water and ice.

ST.1.B.6-8 a.Identify the link between technological developments and thescientific discoveries made possible through their development (e.g.,Hubble telescope and stellar evolution, composition and structure ofthe universe; the electron microscope and cell organelles; sonar andthe composition of the Earth; manned and unmanned space missionsand space exploration; Doppler radar and weather conditions; MRIand CAT-scans and brain activity)