Hands On! Discovery Center

Hands On! Discovery Center
Two young boys lean over a sand topographic map in a tray, using their hands to touch colored layers and explore the terrain.
Two young boys lean over a sand topographic map in a tray, using their hands to touch colored layers and explore the terrain.
Gray
Museums

Play with giant building blocks, engineer a rocket, check out a prehistoric fossil dig site and more at this exciting science center.

Photographic proof of fun

We created a smart wearable to track kid’s

LAUGHTER + EXCITEMENT

SELECT AN AGE RANGE to explore the laugh tracker results:

All Kids
Laughter 5 - Excitement 4

max
laughter

tons of
excitement

129
192.6
Kids 2-4
Laughter 4 - Excitement 5

tons of
laughter

max
excitement

117
217
Kids 5-7
Laughter 5 - Excitement 5

max
laughter

max
excitement

125
205
Kids 8-10
Laughter 5 - Excitement 4

max
laughter

tons of
excitement

143
158
What the kids are saying:

I GOT TO DIG UP DINO FOSSILS WITH A BRUSH. IT WAS A BIG ONE!

Cooper
4

I MADE GRAVITY HAPPEN.

Julia
5

THEY HAVE A VOLCANO BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE FIRE.

Denise
10

MY FAVORITE PART WAS THE TESLA ADVENTURE. I JUST LOVE SCIENCE, THAT'S WHY I CAME HERE!

Darren
9

I BUILT A HOUSE WITH THE BLUE BLOCKS AND THEN I KNOCKED IT DOWN. IT WAS AWESOME!

Gideon
8

MY BEST THING WAS MAKING THINGS FLY.

Asha
5

YOU CAN DO ART HERE.

Hayden
6

MY FAVORITE THING WAS THE BLOCKS. I BUILDED A TOWER AND A HOUSE.

Gabe
5

I LIKE IT BECAUSE I LIKE THE DINOSAURS.

Molly
5

I GOT TO DIG FOR DINOSAUR BONES!

Kinsey
7

THERE'S SO MUCH COOL THINGS TO SEE AND FIND.

Chase
10

MY BEST THING IS THAT RACE CAR THING.

Laura
7

THE ART THINGY WAS REALLY COOL.

Grace
10

THERE WAS A SCARY THING WHERE A GUY TURNED TO A GHOST BUT IT WAS FICTION.

Allison
9
Kid Wisdom

We learned a ton from the data we collected.
Here are some nuggets you don't want to miss.

You don't have to be a mad scientist to have mad fun at science at the Hands On Discovery Center in Gray, TN.
Digging for fossils is a great way to uncover laughs at the Hands On Discovery Center in Gray, TN.
What a pipe organ with a mallet and dance the watoosie at the Hands On Discovery Center in Gray, TN.
Visit the laugh shop at the Hands On Discovery Center in Gray, TN.
Children with hands on activity at Hands On! Discovery Center in Gray, TN.
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