The Louisville Science Center a leading resource for informal science education and is the largest hands-on science center in Kentucky, with 150 interactive exhibits and activity stations, a four-story IMAX Theatre, teaching laboratories, a variety of educational programs, and distance learning capabilities. The World We Create is a 12,500 square-foot permanent exhibit lets visitors make use of their creative and problem-solving skills with activity stations involving the fields of chemistry, physics, engineering, telecommunications, and manufacturing encourage visitors to discover how math, science, and technology are at work in their everyday lives. The World Within Us explores the life sciences, and The World Around Us is a natural and earth sciences exhibit where visitors explore their connections to, and impacts on, the world around us. Center Stage serves as a gateway to three major ecological galleries, including Atmosphere, Air That Surrounds Us, Aquasphere, Water That Sustains Us, and Terrasphere, Environments That Support Us. The Center has also developed some traveling exhibits available for rent. There are online games, links, and educational resources for teachers, as well as information on teacher professional development, activities, workshops and special events. Educational levels: Informal education
