Inquiry & Connections
Making science connections.
The Museum challenges visitors to recognize and practice their scientific thinking skills. A variety of "hands-on, minds-on" activity stations allow visitors to experience the scientific process by asking questions, formulating hypotheses, performing experiments, examining evidence, and drawing conclusions.
Omni FilmS
Live PresentationS
- Behind the Headline: Friends for Life
- God's Dice
- Guest Research Presentation
- Home Run Science
- Lower Your Home & Auto Fuel Costs!
- North Cambridge Family Opera
- Science Live!
- Science Magic
- Selections from Powers of Ten
- Sensational Science Stories
- SoundScience Fun!
- Super-Cold Science
- The Great New England Sea Serpent
- The Real Adventures of Spiderman!
ExhibitS
- Bradford Washburn: The Man Behind the Lens
- Investigate!
- Making Models
- Natural Mysteries
- Playing by the Rules: Fish, Fads, and Fireflies
- Suit / Cabot Lab
- Take A Closer Look
- Weems Animal Sculptures
Temporary ExhibitS
LectureS
- September 06, 2010 - The Man in the White Suit
- October 01, 2010 - The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2
- October 09, 2010 - Citizen Chefs Meet Boston's Best
- October 27, 2010 - Present at the Creation
- November 03, 2010 - Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating
- Race: Are We So Different?
PodcastS
- April 30, 2010 - Firefly Scientists!
- June 12, 2009 - Two Different Jungles: Ugandan and Epidermal
- November 14, 2008 - Journey Towards the Center of the Earth | Breathing in Boston
- October 10, 2008 - Diabetes and Gut Bacteria | Red Fish, Blue Fish
- September 19, 2008 - Who Dunnit?
VideocastS
- January 06, 2010 - Top Five Science Stories of 2009
- July 23, 2009 - Children's Sharing and Fairness
- March 05, 2009 - Silk from the Ages
- February 25, 2009 - Can We Prevent Gray Hair?
- January 07, 2009 - Top Science Stories of 2008
Special ProgramS
Design Challenges
Design Challenges, the popular program in which visitors engineer a solution using provided materials, now has its own website where visitors can browse all of the program's activities, download worksheets, and play the "Aviary Architect" interactive game.
