Tellus Science Museum is a very cool place to visit — especially with kids — anytime. Right now, however, there are three fascinating displays that make Tellus more appealing than ever. Come and meet a real moon rock, up close and personal! The astronauts from Apollo 15 brought it back to Earth. This hunk of […]
Our friends at Cartersville’s Tellus Science Museum hope you’ll visit for Super Science Saturday on January 4, 2014 to meet Brian Switek, a freelance writer and author. Brian’s latest work is My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs. Meet him for yourself and listen to his message […]
Tellus — the insanely cool science museum where you actually get to play with stuff — has rocks brought back from the moon by the Apollo 15 astronauts. Please Note: No, you cannot play with the moon rocks. Thank you. This is the largest moon rock display in all of Georgia and is the centerpiece of […]
Let’s just face it. When it comes to the latest and greatest “in” thing that kids like, most of are dorks. That’s why Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville is so dang valuable to help us connect with our kids and grandkids. If not for Tellus, how would we EVER know that we should take all the kids […]
Heavy Metal in Motion is one of the biggest events of the year at Tellus Science Museum. If your five-year-old treats your curtains like rock walls … and your nine-year-old won’t stop asking why he can’t drive your car … you’re going to love Heavy Metal in Motion this Saturday, October 19, 2013, at Tellus, […]
Tellus Science Museum — located at I-75’s Exit 293 in Cartersville, GA — is a 120,000 square foot museum that is worthy of being in any big city in America. There are four main galleries at Tellus: • The Weinman Mineral Gallery • The Fossil Gallery • Science in Motion and • The Collins Family “My Big […]
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Solar Max is what scientists are calling the peak of an 11-year sunspot cycle that will hit Earth in 2013. The solar flare-up will bring more coronal mass ejections, geomagnetic storms and auroras than we have experienced in quite some time. Tellus Astronomer David Dundee will tell you everything you’ll ever want to know about these fascinating […]
Forget pyramids, abstract art, that stupid picture of the soup can and dusty historical artifacts that kids cannot touch or throw at one another. Tellus Science Museum knows what kids want! Giant trucks and stuff they can climb on! Take the family — even the Wild Ones — to Tellus for a night of fun on […]
The Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville kicks off 2013 with another fascinating lecture. (Who knew lectures could be fascinating?) Ecologist Amos Tuck embarked on a 22-day, 200-mile river odyssey last year. He set out from the headwaters of the Conasauga River in the North Georgia mountains and paddled down the Oostanaula and Coosa Rivers — all […]