Features include self-guided botanical tours, special displays, floral activities, composting demonstrations, kids crafts, shows by wacky scientist Dr. Zoolittle and a garden sale. You can discover how pendulums and gears help keep time, find out what time is like for a Monarch butterfly, spin the globe and learn what time it is in different locations around the world, and piece together the past with fossils from a long, long time ago. All this is possible at the new exhibit, The Science of Oz . Follow the yellow brick road with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion and the tender hearted Tin Man as you learn about the human body, tornadoes, rainbows, the five senses, air density and more. The exhibit features activities that explore the science behind the classic The Wizard of Oz.
Visitors can also check out the real thing.
Get up close and examine unique bamboo sharks, beautiful leopard sharks, swell sharks, horn sharks, rays, and many more. And, no shark exhibit would be complete without a look at shark attacks. Visit the famous steps of 123 Sesame Street and meet some of your favorite Sesame Street friends as you explore letters, words, numbers and diversity. Children can meet and greet their Sesame Street friends each Saturday during the month of February. Under the Big Top exposes what it takes to give the circus its magical ambiance-costumes, programs, staging and equipment for the tresses, trapezes, tightropes and lighting.