Thinking about getting out of the city for the weekend?
May we humbly suggest a learning vacation with Discovery Place….? Join us and expert staff from across the nation in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains at the Wildacres Retreat.

Fun for families and singles the weekend promises to elevate you to a peaceful state as you learn a thing or two along the way.
Spaces have filled fast this year – so don’t hesitate to call and book.
Click here for a full list of activities and more information on the all-inclusive pricing.

And, remember no experience is necessary but curiosity is a must!

Here at Discovery Place, we are obnoxiously passionate about inspiring and empowering people in all walks of life to appreciate and even love science. This passion stems not only from the geeky gene inside our DNA, it also comes from a perception that science can and has changed the world for the better.

Science is about the human desire to understand the mechanisms of the world around us. Those ambitions do not exclude the parts of our world that typically fall under the “social sciences” umbrella. In fact, the social context of science is an extremely important ingredient that ultimately makes or breaks the scientific endeavor. Sharing your answers with others who are also working on a problem is not only not cheating (forgive the double negative), it’s a critical... Keep reading.

We want to help you spring into science with NEW Spring Break Camps.
At a time when it feels like everyone and everything become more active, from the tiniest bug beginning to stir to the biggest of bears – energy begins to return. The sun shines bright, budding begins and lush green scenery overtakes the often drab backyard of winter. Spring cleaning, spring planting and a general spring state-of-mind ensue.

Your natural sense of wonder and thirst for experiences and knowledge may have been put on ice but never fear, we are here to save the day - break free - with Spring Break Camps
For kindergarten through Grade 5 we have full day Camps
every day the week of April 2. Amazing experiences with live animals, building challenges for young architects and engineers, and... Keep reading.

Vygotsky unveiled

Lev Vygotsky contends that human beings are simultaneously the product of biology and their human cultures. His principal premise is that human beings are products not only of biology, but also of their human cultures. Part of the explanation for how we function intellectually can be explained by our social history. The sharing of this social history with adults and other children is how students learn higher intellectual functions.

Vygotsky espouses the idea of inner speech. Children learn when they have dialog with “more capable peers. Vygotsky demonstrates that children actually use speech to solve problems. If a task is particularly difficult the children tend to use more external egocentric speech. For example they speak to themselves by saying... Keep reading.

Then Discovery Place is where you want to be on Saturdays in January!

What are clouds made of… a lot of water droplets. The atmosphere where clouds form is very cold; when we create clouds in the Explore More Life lab we use liquid nitrogen which is -320 degrees. The liquid nitrogen condenses the cool air in the bottle, forming tiny water droplets. The sky is the limit at Discovery Place – join us for a live Show today!