A French physicist Jean-Bernard Foucault noticed that the direction of a swinging Pendulum appears to move around in a circle. He realized that a pendulum could be used to show our planets rotation and set up the first Foucault Pendulum in his cellar in 1851.

Newton’s laws tell us about how objects move and how forces change that motion. Force can change objects speed or direction, and sometimes both. The concept of energy also comes from Newton’s Laws of Motion. Energy is the ability to do work. There are many different kinds of energy.

Kinetic energy is the energy of motion. Potential energy is the energy of position. The higher an object is above the ground, the more potential energy it has. Other forms of energy are heat and sound. Forces can change objects energy. They can even change one type of energy into another.

You can watch movies in the ATK IMAX Theatre. Some of the movies are Hubble 3D and Under the Sea 3D. Hubble 3D is about our distant galaxies, and our celestial surroundings. You get to watch space-walking astronauts as they attempt the most difficult and important tasks in NASA’s history. Under the Sea 3D is about exotic and isolated undersea locations on earth. It includes Southern Australia, New Guinea, and others in the Indo-Pacific region. You can experience face to face encounters with some of the most mysterious and stunning creatures of the sea. It will be a unique inspirational and entertaining way to explore the impact that global climate change has had on the ocean.

You can watch movies in the Hanson Dome Theatre. Some of the movies are Attack of the Space Pirates, Black Holes, Night Vision, Secret of the Cardboard Rocket, and Ultimate Universe. Attack of the Space Pirates is about an Alien technology so powerful that it threatens the very galaxy itself. A gang of rogue pirates will stop at nothing to find that technology and release its power against the rest of the universe. One valiant ship stands between the pirates and their total domination of space. It’s a race against time for the Star Ship Intrepid as it seeks to find the alien technology first while defending itself against the attack of the space pirates. Black Holes is about Black Holes. The movie talks about the things that most people want to know about black holes.

The movie Night Vision is about what’s happening in the night sky in the world of constellations. It talks about constellations, telescopic deep sky wonders, eclipses and meteor showers. Night Vision is updated every Friday to reflect the latest events in the night sky and cosmic happenings. Secret of the Cardboard Rocket is about two children that build a rocket out of a refrigerator box. They take a journey through the solar system with the help of a magical book and vivid imaginations. The movie Ultimate Universe is about a journey through the cosmos, exploring galaxies, nebulae and our own neighborhood, the solar system.

If you can’t find anything to do there is also the Cosmic Light Shows. Some of them are Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, Rock on Demand, and U2. Their laser light shows, and you also get to listen to music as you watch the light shows.