Beakman's World On Tour       

May 29--September 6

 Almost anything goes when it comes to showing you how the world works in Beakman's World™  Based on the Emmy award-winning Saturday-morning television series, this exhibit takes you into space, the human body, the jungle, and back to prehistoric times.  Find out how scientists think, and ask questions and conduct experiments. You get to handle loads of amazing science stuff, like rubber-hose intestines, a life-size ankylosaurus dinosaur-us, computer games, and a keyboard that plays animal calls. 
 As a Space Traveler, you'll get answers to all your questions about the solar system, light and sound. Then step onto the moon scale to see how much you weigh in space, see how scientists search for aliens, and perform other gravity-related experiments.
FAST FACT: Astronomers estimate that the sun is about four-and-a-half billion years old.

 In Body Invasion, you'll travel inside the human body, and be a contestant in the game show where the grand prize is a lifetime of good health! 

FAST FACT: The human body produces more than 25,000 quarts of saliva in a lifetime—more than enough to fill two swimming pools!

 Take a Jungle Journey and use the same methods as scientists to investigate the tropical rainforest and what lives there. Identify mystery bugs in Beakman's Gettaloadathesebugs Field Guide—or name one just like scientists do!

FAST FACT: A Monarch butterfly can travel up to 620 miles without stopping. Most hummingbirds weigh less than a penny!

In Prehistoric Passage, take a look at King of the Mountain and examine dinosaur and chicken skeletons side-by-side. You'll see why birds are thought of as modern dinosaurs.

FAST FACT There are prehistoric animals living among us today, like the duck-billed platypus, the cockroach, crocodiles, turtles, and sharks!