WHAT IS KIDS IN CHARGE?

Kids In Charge! The Children’s Science Center at MOSI is uniquely designed
space for children twelve and under. Based on cutting-edge theories about learning
and skill building, Kids In Charge! emphasizes the value of learning through play
by bringing together science, creative thinking and inspire the imagination.

Instrumental in the development of Kids In Charge! was an advisory board of 26
children. Board members were between 10 and 17 years of age and they were
responsible for providing guidance and planning for Kids In Charge! The Science
Center at MOSI, conducting audience research, planning and hosting special
events, and providing feedback and ideas on space, exhibit, architectural design,
programming, and fundraising.

With a total size of 40,000 square feet, including 25,000 square feet of exhibit
space, Kids In Charge! is the largest children’s science center in the country.

MAIN EXHIBIT AREAS

Activitate!
An impressive space of motion and physical activity, Activate! lets visitors experiment with weighted wheels, gravity, and momentum, and encourages observation and experimentation.

Investigate!
The key concept of Investigate! is focused, thinking-based experiments that both
challenge and build skills of observation, logic, analysis, and imagination.

Kids Create!
The main focus of Kids Create! is to provide guests an environment where they can
apply knowledge, skill, and creativity to the process of “making”. Working in
teams, kids design and build various objects throughout Kids Create!

Fields to Meals
Designed for children of seven years and under, the focus of Fields to Meals is the
development of gross motor skills, fine motor skills, balance, coordination,
classification, and movement. In this area, children learn about the food chain –
from the field to the table.