Baltimore Family Attractions - The Maryland Science Center Part 3

Exhibits you can expect to see at the Marylanddevelopments.
Science Center in Baltimore, Maryland include:BodyLink: Is a high tech environment accompanied by
The Kid's Roomhigh touch experiences. You can test your nutrition I.Q.,
At the Kid's Room exhibit you can expect to sendor monitor your body's pulse and heart rate as you
boats down the river channel in water play, operatepedal a stationary bike. Watch video clips of the latest
the fish cam in the submarine, and dress-up like a turtle.news from the world of healthcare and health science.
The Kid's Room is a space dedicated to youngDecode mysteries of DNA in the WetLab.
children and learning through play.BodyLink is a media center, discovery room, and
There are bright colors and kid-sized objects to handlenewsroom. BodyLink brings you the latest and
everywhere in this special place for the Sciencegreatest in Health Science and Healthcare. It is
Center's youngest visitors. The area accommodatesequipped with Internet-ready computers, media players,
even children under two called "Room to Grow."and satellite television and srruound-sound audio
Infants and toddlers can crawl around squishysystems.
waterbeds and play with big soft blocks.The most important resource in BodyLink is the
Kids can build waterways and dams in the popularknowledgeable, trained staffs of health science
water play area, build Lego towers and structures outeducators and community volunteers who serve as
of plastic pipe, or immerse themselves in an underseaexhibit facilitators. The staff is present to share their
world complete with deep sea coves, a fishing pier,excitement for Health science and to engage visitors in
and tugboat helm.interesting dialogue.
Newton's AlleySpaceLink: Is a high tech environment accompanied by
Newton's Alley is one of the Science Center's mosthigh touch experiences. Construct a planetary rover.
popular exhibits. See sound. Touch a cloud. Play aTry on a flight suit. Track the orbits of satellites.
string less harp. Newton's alley is located on Level oneSpaceLink is part media center, part discovery room,
and filled with highly interactive discovery areas thatand part newsroom that brings you the latest and
reveal the phenomena of matter, energy, force andgreatest in Space and Aerospace Science. A
motion.knowledgeable and trained staff of Space and
Our Place in SpaceAerospace Science educators and community
Look at earth both as our home planet and its place involunteers are available as guides and to engage
our solar system and beyond. Take a journey to allvisitors in interesting dialogue to help ensure a fun,
our neighboring planets from Mercury to Pluto. Learndynamic, and educational environment.
how stars are born and discover what happens whenSpaceLink is the home to the Hubble Space
galaxies collide. Our Place in Space is also home toTelescope National Visitor Center. You can keep up
Science on a Sphere, which is a large visualizationwith the latest discoveries from this orbiting
system that uses computers and video projectors toobservatory that is constantly peering into the darkest
display animated data onto the outside of a sphere.reaches of space to unlock the clues to the origins of
Your Bodyour universe.
Your Body exhibit explores a day in the life of theTerraLink: Is like all the other Link galleries at Maryland
body, with an emphasis on the sounds, smells, sights,Science Center in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a high tech
and sensations of everyday life. Stand inside the heartenvironment with high touch experiences. Fly over
and lungs and feel the rhythmic beats and breathsimages of local cities and cities around the world.
from your head to your toes.Navigate from low-Earth-orbit to the top of your house
Groundbreaking video technology follows a cherryusing real data. Observe and disrupt a forming tornado
tomato as it travels from the mouth to the stomach towith your hand.
illustrate the remarkable transformation from food toAs with the other link galleries there is always trained,
fuel.knowledgeable staff from Earth science educator
This exhibit will help you understand what happensbackgrounds and community volunteers to guide you
inside your body and you can connect your dailyand talk with you about your experiences at the
activities to your health, while having fun doing it.TerraLink gallery.
Body, Space and TerralinkFor more contact information about the Maryland
The link galleries are designed to keep up with theScience Center please follow the link in the resource
rapid flow of news and events in the world of science.box at the end of this article.
They use state of the art technology and high techContinued in Part 4
multimedia to keep visitors connected to the latestThis article is FREE to publish with the resource box.