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Impression 5 Science Center is open to the public Wednesday – Sunday from 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.   For entry rates and more information click here.

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FEATURED EXHIBIT

DC Super Heroes: Discover Your Superpowers

Develop new skills, learn the science behind the powers, and learn the importance of teamwork at the Hall of Justice as you work together to solve problems and catch Super-Villains in a series of fast-paced challenges.

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MI Nature

Experience a day in the life of a naturalist! Explore natural environments found here in Michigan with a variety of tools and challenges to keep your problem-solving and inquiry skills sharp.

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Chew On This

Take a deeper look at the inner workings of the human mouth! Explore oral health with giant dental tools, get up close to real teeth under microscope, and more.

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Pop! A Bubble Experience

Inside Pop!, you can step into a full-size body bubble, experiment with buoyancy, and break down the molecular structure of a bubble!

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Open Today from 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m

Admissions

Adults and Children 2+$12.00

Seniors and Military members $10.50

Members and Children < 2FREE

Hours

Wednesday - Sunday 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Monday - Tuesday Closed

 

Play●Create●Challenge

Impression 5 Science Center is a dynamic, interactive space for families to play, create, and challenge their understanding of science. Our mission is to facilitate learners in scientific exploration through hands-on exhibits and participatory educational programming.
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Think Tank

Think Tank

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Think Tank

Turn your ideas into reality inside this teen maker space with real tools, real challenges, and real outcomes!  Watch for our special programs in this awesome creative space!

 

Youth Action Council

The Youth Action Council is an active community of teen influencers who help shape the Think Tank--its activities and its future! Students meet regularly throughout the year and work on making projects and contribute to ongoing research following “making spaces” for youth.
 

Why Join?

Your voice is recognized and heard

You get to prototype new ideas

You contribute to ongoing research in youth STEM education

You get to spend time with youth who share similar interests and goals

You receive free membership to Impression 5 Science Center

You receive free or discounted pricing on educational programming (Make It Workshops and L.A.B.S. Camps)

 

YAC Requirements

You must be between 5th and 12th grade.

You can participate in monthly meetings, annually, from September through May.

 

If you are interested in joining the Youth Action Council, please contact Micaela Balzer at (517) 485-8116, ext. 144 or balzer@impression5.org.

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First Impression Room

First Impression Room

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First Impression Room

Embrace the universal urge to play and explore in a space created for young scientists ages birth to four years old. Here, you’re safe to roam, touch, crawl, climb, splash, read, create, and get to know science in a whole new way in a comfortable and supportive environment. Park your stroller, hang up your diaper bag, kick off those shoes, and enjoy a thoughtful environment for you and your little ones . . . complete with a family restroom and private nursing room.

 

Amenities:

Family restroomNursing roomStroller parking & diaper bag storage

Activities:

Water table (crocs and smocks available)Play structureHarley's Space StationLight sensory tablePuzzles, books, thoughtful toys, and more

Safety Procedures:

Shoe-free zone (crocs of all sizes are available for water table area!)Safe “smart” electrical outletsRigorous cleaning schedule with non-toxic cleanersAn adjoining nursing room and family restroom to change all diapers in a sanitary spaceDiaper changing in either the nursery room, or family restroom

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Hands-On Exhibits

Nano

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Nano

Discover a world you can't see! In this exhibit, immerse yourself in nanoscale science by playing with magnetic materials, building a giant model of a carbon nanotube, comparing levels of static electricity, and more!

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Spectrum

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Spectrum

Explore the electromagnetic spectrum and compare different light sources, lenses, prisms and mirrors, and more! Step up to a life-size Light Mosaic to create your own colorful masterpiece then strike a pose with a Shadow Wall. See how plasma reacts to a conductor, experiment with primary colors, paint with light, and more!

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MI Nature

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MI Nature

Experience a day in the life of a naturalist! Explore natural environments found here in Michigan with a variety of tools and challenges to keep your problem-solving and inquiry skills sharp. Get a closer look at birds using our webcam or scoop up some pond water and magnify the amazing world within it!

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Build Zone

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Build Zone

Take engineering and building challenges to the next level with materials from blocks to magnetic tiles, panels to bridges, and more! What types of structures can you build? How will gravity, tension, and compression affect a structure?

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Chew On This

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Chew On This

Take a deeper look at the inner workings of the human mouth! Explore oral health with giant dental tools, get up close to real teeth under microscope, see MRI images to watch the mechanics of your mouth, visit the Smart Mart to discover how the food you eat affects your teeth in an interactive grocery checkout activity, and more!

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Throwing Things

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Throwing Things

Explore the wonder of kinetic and potential energy in this hands-on exhibit that allows you to perfect your pitching form and blast targets with an air cannon! Toss things around in the Play Space, then create the most aerodynamic airplane to launch before you hurl a tennis ball forty feet with a trebuchet!

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Planet Walk Plaza

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Planet Walk Plaza

Part outdoor education space, part art installation, part place to contemplate the universe, the Planet Walk Plaza brings us closer together and helps us create more meaningful connections to art and science within greater Lansing.

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FLOW: A Water Experience

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FLOW: A Water Experience

Our exciting exhibit FLOW explores fluid dynamics with two stories of interactive components and activities! Build and test your own sailboat, explore the science of a vortex, power a giant flywheel that shoots a two-story geyser, play with water jets, and much more!

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Pop: A Bubble Experience

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Pop: A Bubble Experience

Inside Pop!, you can step into a full-size body bubble, experiment with buoyancy, and break down the molecular structure of a bubble!

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SMASH: A Nuclear Adventure

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SMASH: A Nuclear Adventure

Experience the wonder of nuclear science in this new interactive exhibit that explores atoms and their journeys of acceleration, collision, separation, and detection in simulated environments that illustrate the research happening now at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) and in the future at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University.

 

Built entirely here at the Science Center, this exhibit also explores a variety of jobs and skillsets that make the research at FRIB possible. It also features Isotopolis, an exploratory game about the process of discovering rare isotopes. In the game, players accelerate particles and assemble new isotopes in the effort to complete the table of nuclides in a process inspired by what goes on at the nanoscopic level within a cyclotron. Learn more and download Isotopolis here!

 

The research that will happen at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams will transform nuclear science. Check out this video to learn more.

 

SMASH: A Nuclear Adventure is generously sponsored by TechSmith; Michigan State University's National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, which is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science; MSU Federal Credit Union; and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.

 

 

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Future & Traveling Exhibits

Future & Traveling

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Future & Traveling

Experience something new each visit! Each year you can expect either a new permanent exhibit or a unique traveling exhibit to explore with your family.

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Future & Traveling Exhibits

DC Super Heroes: Discover Your Superpowers

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DC Super Heroes: Discover Your Superpowers

Flying into Impression 5 on February 11, DC Super Heroes: Discover Your Superpowers encourages families to grab their capes and go on an adventure as reserve Superheroes-in-training. Guests of all ages will develop new skills, learn the science behind the powers, and learn the importance of teamwork at the Hall of Justice as they work together to solve problems and catch Super-Villains in a series of fast-paced challenges. 

 

DC Super Heroes: Discover Your Superpowers will be at your Science Center from February 11 to May 7.

 

Thank you to the Dart Foundation and the Greater Lansing Convention and Visitors Bureau for sponsoring this exciting traveling exhibit!

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FUTURE & TRAVELING

Experience something new each visit! Anticipate new permanent exhibits or a unique traveling exhibit to explore with your family.

HANDS-ON EXHIBITS

Explore a self-choice, learner-directed exhibit environment that's designed for your entire family.

FIRST IMPRESSION ROOM

Embrace the universal urge to play and explore in a space created for young scientists ages birth to four years old.

THINK TANK

Turn your ideas into reality inside this teen maker space with real tools, real challenges, and real outcomes!

FUTURE & TRAVELING

HANDS-ON EXHIBITS

FIRST IMPRESSION ROOM

THINK TANK

UPCOMING EVENTS

Adopt A River 2023

Adopt a River was started by BWL in 1994 to restore pride in one of our area’s great natural resources. The event encourages businesses, unions, schools and civic groups to adopt sections of the Grand and Red Cedar rivers and to keep their banks and nearby areas clean and free from litter.

Help us keep our local rivers and adjacent spaces beautiful! As a participant, please:
- Bring your own gloves for clean-up
- Enjoy a complementary water bottle to be filled at the tap

Schedule:
- River Clean-up from 8:30am - 11am
- Lunch & Exhibitors from 11am - 1pm

Since the program began, nearly 500 Adopt a River volunteers each year have cleared thousands of pounds of litter from the rivers and banks. They are a major reason why Lansing resources are being returned to their natural beauty and why the event has been award winning, setting an example for other communities to follow.

For more information or to sign up for the next river cleanup, please call: Erik Larson, Impression 5 Science Center, 517-485-8116 ext. 143 or visit www.impression5.org.

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Science Fact:

Did you know? If you weighed 100 lbs on Earth, you would only weigh 38 lbs on Mars!

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