Science Under The Big Top

STEP RIGHT UP, ONE AND ALL!!

Is it a Circus McGurkis or Science Defiance?

Experience the wonders to behold as your Manitoba Museum combines the mysteries of the Big Top with the scrutiny of science.

It’s CIRCUS! SCIENCE UNDER THE BIG TOP. The funky new exhibit opens October 7^th and features a stupendous collection of multi-station interactive exhibits.

With your museum admission, you will witness acts like Elastic Acrobatics, Animal Communications, Ballyhoo Silhouette, Human Cannonballs and more including:

The High Wire

Don’t tip the scales! Test your balancing abilities at our high wire exhibit or bear witness from below as visitors attempt to walk the nine-foot-high cable. Strap into the harness and summon your inner calm as you attempt daring feat of concentration and determination.

 

Diavolo Spectacle

The cyclist Daredevil Diavolo comes under study in this exhibit, as visitors will apply the rules of math and physics to test the daring, yet creative, stunt ideas. It’s exciting to dream big, but ultimately science will determine

Sword Swallower

Can you stomach the sight of a 22-inch sword swallowing challenge? At this station, visitors will be able to command and control the movement of a sword swallower and see the action unfold (hopefully not the sword too) inside the body where spectators can follow the path of the blade inside the body via fluoroscopic video.

October 7^th. Mark the date. It’s the amazing CIRCUS! at the Manitoba Museum 

BRIGHT FIREBALL SEEN ACROSS SOUTHERN MANITOBA

Published by scyoung@manitobamuseum.ca on August 24, 2011

On August 23 at about 9:35PM, a bright fireball was seen across southern Manitoba and several U.S. States. We are colelcting reports of the object to determine where it came from and also where any pieces might have landed. If you say this object, please email us at skyinfo@manitobamuseum.ca with the details.

Please include the following information:

• where you were when you saw it;
• the direction you were facing when you first saw it;
• whether the object was moving left-to-right, right-to-left, or up-and-down, and at what angle
• how high above the horizon it was - use the degree scale, where 0 is the horizon, 90 is straight overhead. So, halfway up the sky is 45 degrees, a third of the way up from the horizon is 30 degrees, etc.
• any other details - colour, sound, how long you saw it for, etc.

Your reports can help us track down this object, which was probably a small asteroid burning up in the atmosphere.