Get the Message!

Monday, 07 January 2008

LEARN THE SCIENCE BEHIND COMMUNICATION AT THE HEALTH ADVENTURE’S WINTER EXHIBIT, GET THE MESSAGE ASHEVILLE – Explore the subtle structures we use in sending and receiving information, and learn the science behind communication with The Health Adventure’s new traveling exhibit, Get the Message, opening February 1. From an arched eyebrow to the front page news, people use a variety of tools to communicate. Fourteen different hands-on exhibits deepen familiar concepts and the scientific principles associated with communication. In Totem Tales, visitors can tell a story by building their own totem poles. Changing Faces uses rotating face parts to explore the unspoken language of facial expressions. Visitors can use a touch screen to design their own cave paintings in Ancient Graffiti. Instant Messaging uses a telegraph, the first form of electronic communication, to teach Morse code, and in Coat of Arms, visitors can create their own personal design to communicate their identity. “Sending and receiving ideas, information and messages are an essential aspect of everyday life,” said Paige Johnson, President & CEO of The Health Adventure. “This exhibit presents fun, hands-on activities with open-ended phenomenon that provoke visitors to delve deeper into exploring the science of communication.” From the subtitles of speech to signs and symbols, sending and receiving information from the world around us is second nature. You and your family can play and experiment with all the different ways you “get the message” in this exhibit. There’s so much to do you’ll want to come back again and again! Family Days for Get the Message are free for members or with museum admission. Don’t miss out on even more adventure at: Codes and Ciphers    Saturday, March 22 from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. How do you communicate a secret message? You and your family will learn how to make different kinds of codes and find out what a cipher really is. Chimpanzee Acting 101    Saturday, April 26 from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. Primal communication made easy! Hoot, bark and grunt like chimpanzees in the forest. Discover how chimpanzees express their feelings to one another in their own unique language. Hopping and screaming is encouraged! Get the Message was designed through a collaboration of Discovery Center Museum of Rockford, Illinois and the Family Museum of Arts and Sciences of Bettendorf, Iowa and supported by the National Science Foundation. The exhibition will be on display at The Health Adventure through May 25. For more information, visit www.thehealthadventure.org.

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