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But there’s plenty to see and do now.
“This place is awesome,” said Melissa Stutzman, 42, of Aberdeen, who recently brought
her 6-year-old daughter Maggie to Discovery
Center. “I knew it was coming and I’ve been
stalking it. It’s going to be a wonderful resource
for this area.”
Here are five activities at the new museum.
Some are included with the admission price,
while others require an additional fee.
Why Things Fly: Maggie squealed as she
released a cardboard parachute into a giant
wind tunnel. The parachute caught the air and
sailed over her head. “This is so much fun!”
she said. Nearby, other children were attaching
balloons to Lego block cars and then “racing”
them down a wooden tabletop. Lessons being
taught: the fundamentals of aerodynamics and
Newton’s Third Law of Motion, which holds
that every action has an equal and opposite
reaction.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Jayla Moses,
6, of Aberdeen, was playing in what appeared
to be a giant sandbox, heaping fistfuls of sand
into mountains, then cutting them with the
side of her hand to form streams. When she
held her hands over the sandbox to simulate
clouds, purple lights appeared to make it “rain”
Inside a Block of Ice: Young scientists don
a virtual headset and gradually explore the
interior of a block of ice, beginning with a solid
cube and descending to the molecular level.
While they’re looking at the hydrogen and
oxygen atoms, the COVID-19 virus floats by.
Not only are the kids receiving instruction in
elementary physics, this visualization drives
home just how tiny a virus is, and how easily
people can become infected.
Big Blue Blocks: This activity is aimed at
building engineering skills in preschoolers, and
consists of large, lightweight blue foam blocks.
Diagrams demonstrate how to build a bridge,
tunnel and race track.
Kiddie Kitchen: On the menu: rudimentary
chemistry. A volunteer reads kids a classic
children’s book, such as Eric Carle’s “The Very
Hungry Caterpillar.” The kids then cook and
eat a food mentioned in the book, observing
changes in color, texture and taste.
Nishaun Moses, 9, watches balls float in the air in
the wind tube at the Discovery Center at Water’s
Edge. PHOTO BY LLOYD FOX
over the landscape. What Jayla was learning:
how different topographies create areas where
pools of water collect, and the implications
that runoff has for pollution.
Discovery Center at Water’s Edge
4505 Pulaski Highway, Belcamp,
Open Thursdays-Sundays. Admission costs
$5; a $2 discount coupon is available through
December 31 on the website.
410-417-7116.
discoverycentermd.org
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