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Life in the fast lane
SPEED Exhibit Opens February 9

Take a trip in the fast lane at SPEED, a new exhibit about high performance and barrier-smashing motion opening at Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley on February 9.
This colorful celebration of movement translates the thrills and challenges of going fast and faster into twenty hands-on activities to demonstrate the science and technology of record-setting speed. The exhibit comes to Berkeley as part of a national tour. SPEED is open through May 11.

SPEED Stops

Arranged in five thematic areas, SPEED uses virtual simulations, hands-on exhibits, and firsthand accounts from the speediest people on Earth, including pilots and racecar drivers.
Push!
Take off on a virtual ski trek. Design and build your own roller coaster out of modular parts. How do you get speed, and how do you keep it?
Stop!
Send a penny hurtling 270 miles an hour to investigate the consequences of rapid deceleration. Hear a racecar driver describe what it’s like to hit a wall.
Go!
Build a car to see what features enhance or retard speed. Race family and friends to see whose design wins.
Drag!
Move a vehicle across a slippery surface in the shortest amount of time. Spin your wheels to find out what’s key about the first seconds of a race.
Zoom!
Create a sonic boom. It’s just one of the strange things that happens at extremely high speeds. Discover some others.

SPEED was created by COSI Columbus with support from the National Science Foundation and in cooperation with the Science Museum Exhibit Collaborative.

About Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) is the public science center of UC Berkeley. It is located on Centennial Drive below Grizzly Peak in the Berkeley Hills (near Tilden Park). LHS is open daily 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Exhibits include the outdoor science park Forces That Shape the Bay, IdeaLab, Planetarium, NanoZone and an area for children six and younger.

General Admission to LHS:
$11.00 for Adults (ages 19-61)
$9.00 for Youth (ages 7-18), Full-Time Students, Senior Citizens (62+), Disabled
$6.00 for Children (ages 3-6)
FREE for Children 2 and under24-hour information line is (510) 642-5132.

The general information line is (510) 642-5132. For more information, go to www.lawrencehallofscience,org.

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