I have been a frequent visitor to Science City right from my childhood days from when it was inaugurated. A huge tall dinosaur statue will welcome you at the entrance. As a child this statue used to attract me a lot . I have come here as a school excursion as a child and also with my family. Learning has never been so fun . Everywhere in this place we can learn new principles of physics, chemistry or biology in a interesting way.
We may take a ride at the toy train service provided by them to go around and explore the entire place. This itself will be a fun filled experience for everyone especially the kids.
The evolution park is one of the major attractions of this place. This is built with life size figurines and tablos. This shows us the evolution of man from the ancient pre historic state to the Homo sapiens we see today. Along with that we get to see a detailed view of the extinct dinosaurs and their various types , nature and behaviour characteristics. Along with these dinosaur there are also many other extinct species such as the Mamoth , Dodo, etc. There will also be an audio guide too on your way for telling you the details of what you are seeing. This will be a very good experience for everyone and children would just love it.
Next they have a huge hall named the Dynamotion Hall. This hall consists of different exhibits and interactive demos. Here we can learn different principles of science through games and enjoy. There are many to say but just a few examples are centrifugal merry go round to teach us the centrifugal force of earth, a piano which you could walk through and play, different chemicals and their smells can me experienced, a touch free game, etc. The best among are a Van De Graaff generator where you have to touch it when it is on and your hair starts rising and stands up because of the electicity which passes through your body. I just love seeing my long hair stand up and also to learn about it.
The greatest attraction of this park is its 3 D space theatre. It has got a planetarium like hall with 3D projectors which gives us a lively feel. They show movie or documentaries on various fields for example on Kolkata, Himalayas and trekkers, Dinosaurs and the Jurassic Park, phythons, blue whales, etc. All of them were just amazing and every one would just love it.
There are many other fun filled experiences too such as the time machine which is a 7D show. They have an exhibition on earth, other planets of the solar system and on space expeditions. The mirror magic where a hall is filled with mirrors and it forms a maze which is difficult to make your way out of.
Another speciality is the amazing aquarium with different species and a beautiful butterfly garden.
They have a huge well maintained park too for children to play around and explore. This park has a beautiful maze made with different flowers and bushes, a roller coaster and merry go rounds too. Moreover they park has demonstrated different demos on physics too amongst the games in the park. There are some nice food and juice stalls too to relish and satisfy your hunger.
Finally the rope way cable cars becomes another interesting suprise here. You may enter or leave the park on a rope way cable cars seeing the beauty of this place from top. I prefer leaving the park on a rope way cable cars and say good bye.
Hence there are lots of fun and entertainment here and I think everyone who visits Kolkata should visit this place.
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