Science Saturday features rainy day activity at Discovery Museum
Gina Kim gkim@leecentralcoastnews.com Updated Jan 7, 2019 The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum’s first “Science Saturday” had kids experiencing rain both indoors and outdoors, as the first rainfall of 2019 drenched the Central Coast. Over 50 children along with their parents gathered at the museum to learn about the weather cycle by creating “weather in a cup” […]
Central Coast celebrates InSight landing on Mars
Melissa Newman November 26, 2018 Monday was a day of excitement for people of all ages. Kids and adults across the Central Coast packed into viewing parties to watch the InSight spacecraft land on Mars. “Going back in time when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, I was watching it on television in Beirut, Lebanon. […]
‘A very good day’: InSight landing celebrated during Hancock College viewing party
Mathew Burciaga mburciaga@leecentralcoastnews.com Nov 26, 2018 Updated 18 hrs ago For seven minutes late Monday morning, a crowd of more than 150 onlookers sat at Hancock College’s Marian Theater in silence, waiting to hear a beep from a spacecraft nearly 100 million miles from Earth. With all eyes on a screen placed at the center of the […]
Interactive launch exhibit opens at Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum
By Janae Sargent Officials unveiled the Vandenberg Launch Experience simulator at the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum Monday Night. The interactive exhibit has been a project in the works for more than two years. It is designed to get children excited about space and entering the STEM field. “We want to spark imaginations and create […]
We have liftoff: Santa Maria Discovery Museum launches phase two of Vandenberg Launch Experience
A new partnership between the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum and 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base will allow children and families across the Central Coast to explore the fascinating world of aerospace science. Phase two of the Vandenberg Launch Experience — a hands-on, state-of-the-art simulation of the rocket launch process — was […]
Kids Learn to Catch Some Air at Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum Exhibit
Air Pollution Control District-sponsored exhibit uses floor-to-ceiling pneumatic tubes to teach lessons about the movement of air A young girl waits to catch a yarn ball as air shoots it from the Catching Air exhibit at the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo) By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | […]
‘Catching Air’ launches at the Discovery Museum
SANTA MARIA, Calif. and SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum and the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District invite one and all to come celebrate the launch of the “Catching Air” exhibit at a special Science Saturday at the Museum on December 10, 2016 from 10 a.m. to noon. During […]
Children experiment with science at Discovery Museum
By Krista Chandler When children and their families showed up at the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum for Science Saturday, they probably didn’t expect to get soaked by exploding water and liquid nitrogen, or to freeze hot dogs and marshmallows. Students from Hancock College’s physics department conducted various science experiments with the children Saturday morning […]
Robots take over SM Discovery Museum
July 31, 2015 2:00 am • By Jamie Guista Tensions ran high Thursday afternoon as J.D. Collier, 9, and Aiden Lombard, 12, put the finishing touches on their small LEGO robots at the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum. J.D., on Team Knights with “Robot Mace,” and Aiden, on Team Shockers with an unnamed robot, were […]