Children have a natural sense of wonder. Parents can enhance that sense of wonder by teaching the child scientific processes such as experimentation, observation, classification, measurement and hypothesis. At a young age encourage exploration and investigation. Ask questions to teach your child how to describe what they see, hear, feel, taste and smell. Exposing your child to scientific processes and coaching them on descriptive communication will become more complex as they mature.

The Mission of the Dakota Science Center is to encourage lifelong curiosity and fascination with science in children, parents, teachers, and the community through discovery, exploration and interaction.