About 10 km from Quy Nhon city, ExploraScience center is an area to display and exhibit scientific achievements of mankind. At the same time, the center also organizes tours and experiences of scientific experiments. Built on a campus of 4 hectares, the center includes 2 main items: Main building and General Astronomical Observatory.
In particular, the galleries are designed in a concentric pattern. The planetarium has a diameter of 12 m. The room is decorated like a cinema, with an arc-shaped dome that creates the feeling of a starry night sky. The Rennes Science Museum cooperates with the center to show vivid visual content on many scientific topics.
Since mid-2018, the center has welcomed more than 15,000 visitors. More than 100 models have been completed, with diverse content corresponding to the topics in the galleries, serving the process of learning scientific knowledge.
In the main building, there are 7 exhibition rooms with many different themes. Specifically, the Earth and Natural Resources Room presents material cycles, ecosystems, the impact of waste on environmental pollution, the consequences of deforestation, etc.
Next, the Play and Learn room is equipped with game programs such as recreating a cube from different shaped blocks, how to go through the lines on the drawing without repeating twice, exploring symmetry and antisymmetry...
The Why Room displays many exhibition models of scientific experiments revolving around many topics: physics, chemistry, engineering, life science, environmental science.
Mr. Nam, an office worker living in Quy Nhon, believes that the center is a useful place that helps children approach science from a very early age.
"ExploraScience Center brings science into interactive games, which helps children learn while having fun. Every weekend I will take my children there to play," Nam shared.
"The models and games here are so interesting. I can spend all day here without getting bored," My said with a smile after volunteering to experience the static electricity experiment. She was not afraid at all, touching the charged ball that made her hair stand up. My smiled happily at the surprise of the audience below.
In particular, the high-capacity Tesla coil model was designed and manufactured by experts at the center to ensure that visitors can see the electric sparks with their own eyes. In addition, visitors can also experience the feeling of stepping into a Faraday cage, letting lightning strike around them without being harmed.
Currently, the ExploraScience Center is open to pre-registered visitors. For group visitors (from 30-50 people), the center arranges tours from Tuesday to Sunday every week. Individual visitors are arranged on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons every week, from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. To schedule a tour, visitors can contact 02562478999, extension 1 during business hours.
