Scream Machines

Scream Machines: The Science of Roller Coasters Logo

Now Through January 2, 2011

Scream Machines is a head-spinning, stomach-churning exhibition for thrill-seekers of all ages. Interactive exhibits, artifacts and images invite visitors to explore the physics of roller coasters and the physiology and psychology of thrill-seeking.

Experience the physics and biology of what makes a roller coaster thrilling and then design and test your own!

 

Discover the Thrill in Thrill RidesKids ride the roller coaster: Look, no hands

Do you get nauseous? Anxious? Find out how your brain determines how you will respond.

 

 

Build Your Own CoasterTwo kids racing on extreme track

Can your design overcome the forces of gravity?

 

 

 

Ride the Revolver Girl Bowling

Bowl and play catch in a rotating arena to discover the physical forces at play.

 

 

 


Scream Machines was designed and built by the Ontario Science Centre, Ontario, Canada.

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Exhibits

  • LHS DNA sculpure

    DNA Sculpture

    Climb through an enormous sculpture of a DNA molecule.
  • Kids Lab

    KidsLab

    Visitors in kindergarten and younger have this multi sensory play area all to themselves.

Stories

  • Black-headed Grosbeak

    Streamside Singers

    Many birds are year-round residents in temperate coastal California, but each spring bird populations swell with the arrival of migrants from the south who come to build their nests and…

  • Nano Gecko

    Lights, Camera, Geckos!

    The episode is one of several on nanotechnology produced in collaboration with leading science museums across the country.

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Open Daily 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  //  Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA, 94720-5200  //  510-642-5132  //  Email Us  //  UC Berkeley