CEDAR RAPIDS - A catapult launching pumpkins across the quad. Ice cream made from liquid nitrogen. Rice Krispies exploding into the air with a little help from static electricity. Flaming steel wool.

LONDON - DECEMBER 18: A concrete surfaced playground is shown December 18, 2002 in London. School playing fields are being sold off at a rate of almost one a week despite government assurances that ...

Thanks to generous donors, a new Science Playground is slated to open on July 1, 2023 on the northwest lawn of the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. The Center broke ground on the playground on May ...

Tarik Moore and twin sister Shakirah love spiders – and have always wondered how the arachnids weave such complicated webs. While their question is yet to be answered, the 7-year-olds from Brooklyn at ...

They were blinded with science! A Crown Heights asphalt lot once filled with Dumpsters has been converted into a science-themed playground. But this playground also has a personal touch. Ten fifth- ...

THE SCIENCE PLAYGROUND IS OFFICIALLY OPEN AT THE MCAULIFFE SHEPARD DISCOVERY CENTER THERE IN CONRD. GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU WAS THERE TO HELP CUT THE RIBBON YESTER DAY. THE PLAYGROUND IS SHAPED LIKE A ...

Students of all ages are invited to levitate objects, launch pumpkins, shatter grapes, make ice cream with liquid nitrogen and much more at the 10th annual Coe Playground of Science night. The free ...

Getting to play inside of a spaceship is the stuff of childhood dreams. That dream can become a reality for children visiting the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, only this spaceship ...