40 Reasons to Visit the Ontario Science Centre

1. Take a trip through space in the CA Planetarium, Toronto’s only public planetarium

2. Observe poison dart frogs in the 250 square meter TELUS rainforest

3. See a real elephant’s heart

4. Get the latest science news live in the Weston Family Innovation Centre’s Hot Zone

5. Make your own handmade paper from recycled materials

6. Check out the bones of a 130-year-old human skeleton

7. See a real rocks from the Moon and Mars

8. Touch a tornado

9. Make your own stop-motion animation films

10. Picture yourself in bubbles on Pipe Dreams

11. Get in touch with plasma, the fourth state of matter

12. See what the future holds for you with the aging machine

Reason 12

13. Take a close look at the giant cockroaches (they’re behind glass)

14. Watch a ball roll through the maze of the Rhoads sculpture

15. Find out how much blood you would need for surgery

16. Ride the Rocket Chair

17. Make fish music by interacting with aquarium inhabitants

Reason 17

18. Take to the airwaves at VE3OSC, the amateur radio shack

19. Take a water taste-test and compare your preferences to others

20. How long can you tolerate the Confinement Chambre?

21. See the real skeleton of a fin whale

22. Spot wildlife in the valley: Blue Herons, cardinals, foxes, deer and more

23. Experience TELUSCAPE, a one of a kind science plaza, where FUNtain plays music, a maze is made of water and stainless steel trees are covered in light emitting diodes

24. Try a new electrifying hairdo on the Van de Graaff ball

25. Build a kinetic sculpture and put it in motion

25. Build a kinetic sculpture and put it in motion

26. Sample music on a sound wall

27. Build a mini rollercoaster

28. Get the big picture at OMNIMAX, the only dome IMAX theatre in Ontario

29. Shop ‘till you drop at the kid-sized market

30. Count the rings on a tree that sprouted in 1496

31. Watch leaf cutter ants build a farm

32. See the black rat snake eat lunch

33. Chase fish around a virtual koi pond

34. Wander through an artistic water bed in Lotic Meander

34. Wander through an artistic water bed in Lotic Meander

35. Touch samples of ancient rocks dating back over 4 billion years

36. Make an impression on a 4-foot pin screen

37. Put your brain to the test in the Challenge Zone

38. Build a sculpture at Take It Apart/Garbage Art

39. Measure your body’s water content

39. Measure your body’s water content

40. See if your brain can beat the Stroop Effect