City on the Move

Count, touch, manipulate, experiment, and explore: that’s what science is all about! Take a journey through science, math, and technology in this exhibit, based on the City of Chicago.

Underwritten by ComEd, an Exelon Company, and Union Pacific

Activities

• Make fascinating shapes with elastic bands on the Geoscraper
• Create patterns on a giant manhole-shaped pegboard
• Design city scenes with geometric shapes
• Explore place value by using Base 10 blocks to build skyscrapers
• Place numbers on the balance scale to experiment with numeracy
• Watch time-lapse videos of various areas in Chicago to distinguish time
• Roll balls down vertical paths to test gravity
• Crank a wheel to create electricity to power a pretend John Hancock Center
• Manipulate magnets
• Connect interlocking gears to make a clock tell time
• Discover whether balls, eggs, cones, blocks or other objects will float on jet streams of air
• Learn about train safety

Educational Benefits

• Construct numeric equations
• Solve mathematical and scientific problems
• Complete experiments
• Make predictions