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INSIGHTS El Paso Science Museum first opened its doors to the public in 1980, in the basement of the El Paso Electric Company building in downtown El Paso. The science museum followed three years of intense study, campaigning, and fund raising by small group of community leaders. They had identified a lack of opportunity for the study of science in local schools, and determined that the establishment of a hands-on science museum was critical to future development of the region's youth. INSIGHTS has come a long way since it opened its doors in that fledgling museum. It has become an important facility for the the study of science, and is now located in a freestanding building near City Hall and the El Paso Museum of Art. Permanent exhibits, such as the Tesla Coil, Centrifugal force spinner, among others - along with traveling exhibits under contract from the Smithsonian Institution and other recognized scientific entities comprise INSIGHTS entire exhibit floor-space.
Permanent Gallery
UTEP biology faculty and students, joined by high school teachers from El Paso and students from across the U.S., headed for Antarctica and the Arctic to carry out research projects - and learned what it's like to come out of the frying pan and into the freezer! This exhibit highlights their work, what they learned about the impact of climate change, and explains the differences and similarities between the north and south poles. The exhibit offers children of all ages fun ways to learn more about these ends of the earth. Measure yourself against different types of penguins, create an origami penguin and learn how your actions in El Paso really do effect climate change at the poles. For more information – please go to www.ipyroam.org
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