Free exhibits admission with a current ASTC or ACM membership card. Maximum of 2 adults and 4 children admitted free to COSI for reciprocal ASTC members. Science centers within 90 miles of one another are excluded from the program unless lifted by mutual agreement. Please call ahead to verify that you are eligible for the reciprocal admission benefit.
Roam the universe with a presentation from an Ohio State University astronomer and conduct experiments that reinforce gravitational force and interstellar distances.
Challenge your inner explorer in this mysterious and fully immersive exhibit found only at COSI! Crack codes, uncover clues, and navigate mazes in a quest for knowledge. Members of the Explorers Society have been conducting an archaeological dig in the "Valley of the Unknown." The discovery of a locked tower is rumored to hold the Treasure of Knowledge, and only true explorers can open it! Can you solve the mystery?
We'll leave our home planet on a journey to the Sun and the other planets of our amazing Solar System. We'll explore the incredible variety of planetary environments and discover Earth is the only planet that can support life – or is it?
Grade Level: Grades K-6
Standards: Earth & Space Science | Physical Science
Students embark on an adventure with a COSI “explorer” and are introduced to a variety of animals that call Ohio home. Through observation and exploration, students discover common needs and habitats among living things.
Participants press against a rubber membrane that covers a large drum. As the pressure builds within the drum, air shoots out the hole in the bottom and blasts passers by with a puff of air.
The Animation Station allows guests to create a stop motion animated movie.
Different media run at different rates. Theatrical film typically runs at 24 frames per second but sometimes as fast as 48 frames per second. Television (in the USA) and digital video operate at about 30 frames per second. Cartoons are often animated at 24 frames per second—with frames being shown twice.
Explore the science of motion and the physics behind thrill rides, and then put your knowledge (and courage) to the test with a field trip to Kings Island.
Includes a field trip and a Thursday night overnight stay at COSI.
We'll be going behind the scenes at Cedar Point and spending two days at the park (spending the night in Sandusky), riding the best roller coasters and learning what it takes to make them work.
Includes a field trip to Cedar Point, with an overnight stay in Sandusky, Ohio on Wednesday night, plus an overnight stay at COSI in Columbus on Thursday night.
Follow a videotape of an actual autopsy accompanied by live narration by a forensic pathologist. Participants must work through the "case" and solve for cause of death.
