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 Ontario Science Centre - Toronto, ON Canada Posted by:  Jake39
N 43° 43.027 W 079° 20.318
17T E 633830 N 4841795
Ontario Science Centre is located off the Don Valley Expressway, south of the 401 on Don Mills Road.
Waymark Code: WMJ2H
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/23/2006
Views: 176
The Stroop Effect, DNA fingerprinting, G-Force. These are only three of the countless subjects one can learn about at the Ontario Science Center in North York, Ontario. Opened in 1969 as Ontario's contribution to the confederation's centennial celebration, the science center turned 30 in 1999. The Ontario Science Center is a science museum housing original science exhibits and exhibitions designed and produced by the center's staff, of which there are approximately 260 full time employee
The Ontario Science Center was the world's first interactive science museum. Because a supply of exhibits was not available at that time from any other source the museum opened its own manufacturing plant where its interactive exhibits could be built.
"Anything we want we can build here," Troop proudly stated of the museum's 30,000 square feet of high-tech manufacturing capacity. Troop identified this as being the science center's biggest competitive advantage and their leap into international sales came as a direct result of this capability.
The "Weston Family Innovation Centre"
OMNIMAX® Theatre
With a screen 4,500 times bigger than an average TV screen delivering 13,000 watts of sound from 44 speakers, your senses will be overwhelmed by the biggest, most involving film experience ever.
The movies below are playing until Sept. 6th.2006
Follow Captain John "Otter" Stratton as he makes his way through Red Flag, the international training exercise for the air forces of allied countries.
Red Flag turns the desert of Nevada into a tune-up zone for hundreds of pilots and their crews before being sent into actual combat. The object is to make the exercises as real and challenging as possible -- to take the pilots, ground crews, mechanics, rescue personnel, etc., to the limits of what they can handle.
Bugs are bizarre, beautiful and an endless source of fascination. Bugs will magnify the miniscule world of insects and explore the miracle of their success.
From metamorphosis to maturity, predator to prey and community to concealment, extraordinary images will bring audiences face-to-face with this amazing universe of creatures.
A recent display of BODY WORLDS now showing in "Minnesota" was a sell out at the "Ontario Science Centre"(over 472,000 visitors)
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Name: Ontario Science Centre
Location/Address:
770 Don Mills Road
Toronto, Ontario Canada
unknown
Telephone Number: 416-696-1000 or 1-888-696-1110
Web Site: [Web Link]
Type/Specialty: Science
Agency/Ownership: Provincial Government
Educational programs: Teachers & Students - See web page for more information.
Theater: IMAX - Omni- Dome
Hours of operation: Varies - see posting above
Admission Fee: $17 - $12.50 - $10 IMAX - $12 - $9 -$8
Gift Shop: yes
Cafe/Restaurant: Yes
Other Features: Gift Shop
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