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Wed December 195 Push pull smell sniff see squint lift turn lean walk whistle twist touch at the Ontario Science Centre J SCIENCE Arcade is de signed for fun and learning Exhibits fas visitors of all ages And everything invites your trial FATHER and son try out an organ in one of the Science Centres individual booths a soundproof glass room The Ontario Science Centre in Toronto is a complex of three inter connected buildings situated in the geographic heart of Metropolitan Toronto One of the Centres three buildings sits on the only knoll in this part of the Don Valley Another building is 90 feet below on the valley floor The three concrete structures contain more than square feet of floor space in the Science Centre have been designed to be used by the visitor creating an environ ment of interaction and involve Thus learning becomes fun The Centre staff receives plenty of feedback from visitors but this student s comment seemed the most fitting I A feature by Roy Downs Someone once had the idea that science and technology could be fun which it is If you visit the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto Here you enn learn to do by doing Officially called the Ccn Centre of Science and Technology the Ontario Science Centre was started In and opened in 1969 as the Province of Ontario major centennial project It located on Don Mills Road just south of Ave west of the Don Valley Parkwaj in is from the North arm Highway If you Ihere before Oils article maj refresh and tempt you to go back again for exhibits arc constant changing and there is always something new to see at the Science Centre If hi been put It on list of oneday rips and go soon it a day you II never forget During the Christmas holidays would be a great time to go The Centre is open seven days a week Day is the only exception from 10 a to Covers acres The Centre is a complex of buildings containing more than square feet of floor space The buildings acres In a park like setting which takes in acres It has been called the museum of the century but the Science Centre is not really a museum lather than being a repository for storage and display of tifacts the emphasis Is on interpretative exhibits of scientific principles and tech nological achievements Most of Ihe exhibits are designed to be used by the visitor thus creating an environment of and involvement That why it s fun are no taboos about cameras so take yours along and snap away Play games that test your perception your memory your agility and your res ponses Figure out how technology can trick the eye and fool your Inner ear Simulate a moon landing try using mechanical hands ride a gyro platform see a laser beam in action figure out pulleys crack a safe play tic tot with a computer test your brake reaction time in driving test listen to yourself on the phone see yourself on TV generate electricity get electrified at hydro spark show play a piano or an organ use a TV camera test your vocabu 1ar see whats being done with Canada resources Information comes easily at the Science Centre There are more lhan and plenty of the Centre DO staff members are to answer questions or put on demonstrations for you You find several people working right in Ihe exhibit halls tike the model maker printer and treadle lathe operator They re very friendly and knowledgeable so try hem If you don food available Food and refreshments are offered to fit any budget from various snack bars to a cafeteria and a licensed dining room is 50 for adults cents for students for children 12 and under but there s a family rate of SO Senior citizens can get in for cents Parking on the site is SI Discover more about the world and yourself at the Ontario Science Centre ONTARIO Science Centre in Toronto sits on a knoll in the Don Valley Its three con Crete structures contain over 450 000 square feet of floor space THE COMPUTER is programmed to play a game of Tic Tac Toe with you But watch out it never loses SOUND focussing discs allow a whisper at one end to be heard clearly across the room 36 yards away in a similar disc B hard you can see yourself on TV make lights flash or start a musical tape BLENDING with its en vironment the Ontario Science Centre Is worth a visit Take the whole family for a day of fun