Nido Science Discovery Center: Scientastic!

MANILA, Philippines - Summer is over, but that doesn’t mean fun times are over, too. Now that classes are in full swing, kids have to sit in the classroom all day to study. But learning shouldn’t stop in the classroom. Says Dr. Lillian Leynes-Juadiong, professor of Family Life and Child Development in UP Diliman College of Home Economics, “You have to structure the child’s environment in a way that will provide for all areas of development: physical, socio-emotional and cognitive. Parents should expose the child to a variety of activities, materials, and equipment. Make sure that learning activities are concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children. Give them time to explore and find answers to problems through active involvement and interaction with adults and other children. How to find answers is more important than the answers themselves.”

This is what “sciencing” is all about.

To excite children and get them thirsty for knowledge, why not bring your kids to a place where fun and learning go together? At the Nido Fortified Science Discovery Center, children get to experience the science around them. The Nido Fortified Science Discovery Center turns everyday concepts into “scientastic” wonders that will surely spark any child’s curiosity and imagination. Explore the many worlds of science and fun in Nido Fortified Science Discovery Center’s interactive galleries. Explore the wonders of the human body in Grosslogy; create a message to your future self and see how life has changed in Life Clock, and have some digital fun by playing with the three Snibbe exhibits — Fear Wall, Bug Rug, and Arctic Ice. Try the best and latest digital information and graphics software in Smart Media City, engines that will drive tomorrow’s vehicles in Transportation Nation, the evolution and technology of machines and robots in Robot Inc. and Lego Mindstorms Robotics Center. Take a dive into the mysteries of the deep blue sea in Virtual Reef.

Get a complete out-of-this-world experience with the fully-interactive, real time 3D Digistar Planetarium. Catch the screening of Seven Wonders, narrated by British actor Sean Bean, known for his portrayal of Boromir in the award-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy. Watch for the launch of three planetarium films that will bring you closer to the stars: Cosmic Collisions in June, Dawn of the Space Age in September, and Passport to the Universe in December.

For more information, log on to http://www.sciencediscovery.ph or call 556-2153.