Savannah Eaton (right) and a friend take a look at a Tour of the Solar System exhibit at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center last week. The girls were there on a field trip from Chichester Central School. (JON BODELL / Insider staff)
Girls from Chichester Central School watch a weather broadcast one of them just recorded. That's right, you can do the weather just like a real meteorologist – green screen, teleprompter and all – at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. (JON BODELL / Insider staff)
From left: Trevor Monterio, Ellie Smith and Evan Berkeley – all Chichester Central School students – listen to Jeanne Gerulskis, the Discovery Center's director, talk about some space items. Evan's dad, Ian, was also pretty fascinated. (JON BODELL / Insider staff)
Kids from Chichester Central School look at themselves in infrared form at an exhibit all about the light spectrum. Behind them are handprints – if you put your hand on the wall, the infrared camera still sees the heat long after you take it away. Pretty cool. (JON BODELL / Insider staff)
Discovery Center volunteer John Parodi (in orange) shows some Chichester Central School students the moon lander simulator. (JON BODELL / Insider staff)