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Pacific Science Center

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Pacific Science Center is an independent, non-profit science center in Seattle, Washington with a mission to ignite curiosity and fuel a passion for discovery, experimentation, and critical thinking. [1]

44 relations: Apollo 8, Apollo Lunar Module, Astronaut, Bellevue, Washington, Butterfly, Century 21 Exposition, Charles and Ray Eames, Chevrolet Chevette, Critical thinking, Curiosity, Dan Corson, Discovery (observation), Dixy Lee Ray, Elvis Presley, Experiment, First Nations, Groucho Marx, Halloween, IBM, IMAX, It Happened at the World's Fair, KCTS-TV, Laser lighting display, Liquid nitrogen, Longhouse, Metric system, Minoru Yamasaki, Mount Baker, New York City, Nonprofit organization, PBS, Planetarium, Puget Sound, Science, Sea Monster House, Seattle, Seattle Center, Soap bubble, Stenocarpus sinuatus, Washington (state), Wetland, Witchcraft, World Trade Center (1973–2001), World's fair.

Apollo 8

Apollo 8, the second manned spaceflight mission in the United States Apollo space program, was launched on December 21, 1968, and became the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, reach the Earth's Moon, orbit it and return safely to Earth.

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Apollo Lunar Module

The Lunar Module (LM, pronounced "Lem"), originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), was the lander portion of the Apollo spacecraft built for the US Apollo program by Grumman Aircraft to carry a crew of two from lunar orbit to the surface and back.

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Astronaut

An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.

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Bellevue, Washington

Bellevue is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle.

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Butterfly

Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths.

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Century 21 Exposition

The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) was a world's fair held April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962, in Seattle, Washington.

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Charles and Ray Eames

Charles Ormond Eames, Jr. (1907–1978) and Bernice Alexandra "Ray" Kaiser Eames (1912–1988) were an American design married couple who made significant historical contributions to the development of modern architecture and furniture.

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Chevrolet Chevette

The Chevrolet Chevette is a front-engine, rear-drive subcompact car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet for the model years 1976-1987 in three-door and five-door hatchback body styles.

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Critical thinking

Critical thinking is the objective analysis of facts to form a judgment.

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Curiosity

Curiosity (from Latin cūriōsitās, from cūriōsus "careful, diligent, curious", akin to cura "care") is a quality related to inquisitive thinking such as exploration, investigation, and learning, evident by observation in humans and other animals.

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Dan Corson

Dan Corson (born 1964) is an artist living in Seattle, Washington and is a former member of the Seattle Arts Commission.

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Discovery (observation)

Discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something "old" that had been unrecognized as meaningful.

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Dixy Lee Ray

Dixy Lee Ray (September 3, 1914 – January 2, 1994) was an American scientist and politician who served as the 17th Governor of the U.S. state of Washington.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Experiment

An experiment is a procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis.

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First Nations

In Canada, the First Nations (Premières Nations) are the predominant indigenous peoples in Canada south of the Arctic Circle.

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Groucho Marx

Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star.

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Halloween

Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of All Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.

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IBM

The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.

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IMAX

IMAX is a system of high-resolution cameras, film formats and film projectors.

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It Happened at the World's Fair

It Happened at the World's Fair is a 1963 American musical film starring Elvis Presley as a cropdusting pilot.

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KCTS-TV

KCTS-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, is a non-commercial educational television station licensed to Seattle, Washington, United States, serving as the primary member station of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for the Seattle–Tacoma television market.

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Laser lighting display

A laser lighting display or laser light show involves the use of laser light to entertain an audience.

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Liquid nitrogen

Liquid nitrogen is nitrogen in a liquid state at an extremely low temperature.

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Longhouse

A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building built by peoples in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe, and North America.

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Metric system

The metric system is an internationally adopted decimal system of measurement.

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Minoru Yamasaki

Minoru Yamasaki (December 1, 1912February 6, 1986) was an American architect, best known for designing the original World Trade Center in New York City and several other large-scale projects.

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Mount Baker

Mount Baker (Lummi: Qwú’mə Kwəlshéːn; Kw’eq Smaenit or Kwelshán), also known as Koma Kulshan or simply Kulshan, is an active glaciated andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington in the United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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Planetarium

A planetarium (plural planetaria or planetariums) is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation.

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Puget Sound

Puget Sound is a sound along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea.

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Science

R. P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.1, Chaps.1,2,&3.

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Sea Monster House

The Sea Monster House that was on display at Pacific Science Center was a combination of two separate houses owned by the Scow family.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

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Seattle Center

Originally built for the 1962 World's Fair, the Seattle Center is an arts, educational, tourism and entertainment center in Seattle.

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Soap bubble

A soap bubble is an extremely thin film of soapy water enclosing air that forms a hollow sphere with an iridescent surface.

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Stenocarpus sinuatus

Stenocarpus sinuatus, known as the Firewheel Tree is an Australian rainforest tree in the Protea family.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Wetland

A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.

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Witchcraft

Witchcraft or witchery broadly means the practice of and belief in magical skills and abilities exercised by solitary practitioners and groups.

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World Trade Center (1973–2001)

The original World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States.

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World's fair

A world's fair, world fair, world expo, universal exposition, or international exposition (sometimes expo or Expo for short) is a large international exhibition designed to showcase achievements of nations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Science_Center

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