Exhibits for Schools
The following exhibits have been identified as being particularly topical for teachers.
Check out our Exhibit Guides and Worksheets for school groups.
Bill Nye's Climate Lab
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Journey from space to Earth on an urgent mission to thwart climate change with this hands-on exhibition, joining Bill Nye as the commander of the clean energy space station. Deputized Climate Scouts will explore the science of climate change, learn how to use the Sun, wind, land and water to generate clean energy. Come discover exciting clean opportunities and solutions.
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Beyond Blastoff
Spees Building
Get a glimpse into the life of an astronaut, and experience the mixture of exhilaration, adventure, and confinement that is living and working in space. See real spacesuits, spacecraft, and astronaut food. Try out astronaut exercise gear and space tools, and picture yourself in a weightless environment. Learn how astronauts cope with the physical and mental challenges of weightlessness, isolation, and a grueling workload.
Destination Universe
Spees Building
Take a journey from our Sun to the farthest reaches of the cosmos! Along the way, you'll see where stars are born, how they die, meet nebulae of all kinds, and travel to distant galaxies. Experience the Origins Theater; crawl into a black hole; see what happens when galaxies collide; and view stunning space images.
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One Giant Leap: A Moon Odyssey
Skybridge
Take a simulated Moon-walk, try on a space helmet, climb into a Mercury capsule, and land a lunar module! Chabot's new hands-on exhibit explores legends and science fiction about the Moon; the Space Race and the Moon landings; and the Earth-Moon system. Learn what the Moon is made of, how it affects the Earth, what causes Moon phases, gravity on the Moon, and more. You can even take a look at an ancient piece of the Moon up close! The exhibit includes space artifacts and replicas, from Sputnik and Mercury to Gemini and Apollo.
The Sun as Art
May 26 - September 3
Exhibit Opening
Saturday, May 26 (10am)
Chabot celebrates the intersection of science and art with spectacular images of the Sun like you've never seen it before. Produced by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, The Sun as Art showcases dramatic images captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Can you imagine magnetic Slinkies, eruptions that mirror Monet, or an old man peeking out from the flare-active surface of the star of our Solar System? No need to imagine, view these stunning images and many others of our Sun on display until September 3rd.
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Tales of the Maya Skies
Upper Level Rotunda
Chabot's Tales of the Maya Skies planetarium show features the scientific achievements and cosmology of the Maya. The companion exhibit includes ten graphic panels and two interactive exhibits that supplement the planetarium show and engage Chabot's primarily family audience. The exhibit presents the ancient Maya civilization, Maya cosmology, Maya math, Maya language and writing, the Maya calendar, and the significance of 2012. The exhibit will be displayed at Chabot for approximately one year; all content is bilingual in English and Spanish.
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A View to the Stars
Observatory Deck
Since 1883, countless visitors have gazed through the Chabot telescopes at the wonders of the night sky. Chabot Observatories: A View to the Stars, explores the history of the Chabot Observatories and how its historic telescopes continue to be used today. Daytime visitors can virtually operate a telescope, experiment with mirrors and lenses to understand how telescopes create images of distant objects, and travel though more than a century of Chabot's history via multimedia kiosks, historical images, and artifact displays.