According to Pat Berger of the museum, "The circus is a fun learning event and provides something of interest for everyone, from hot air balloons to trees to the human brain to moon craters."
Children can learn how sound waves move through water, watch robotic insects battle and learn about real insects and wildlife on the Pajarito Plateau.
Children will see salamanders, scorpions and tarantulas, hear the eerie sounds of animals that fly in the night and play detective as they try to identify animal bones and skulls. They also can participate in a hands-on activity that illustrates some of the physical properties of water including how to seemingly defy gravity by controlling fluid instabilities.
Presenters include staff from the Laboratory, Los Alamos County Extension Office, Balloon Explorium in Albuquerque and Pajarito Astronomers.
Science Circus is free and open to the public. For more information, call Berger at 665-0896.
Science Circus originated as a way for the museum to recognize and participate in National Science and Technology Week.
The Bradbury Science Museum is part of the Laboratory's Community Relations (CRO) Office. It is located at 15th Street and Central Avenue in Los Alamos. Museum hours, apart from the special events listed above, are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
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