Play it again Web-posted 10/7/97  The Space Invaders are back, and they brought Q-Bert and Major Mucus with them. It's all part of Cyber Playground, an exhibit designed to demonstrate the development of the computer through the advancements in video games.

Van tour will bring science to schools Web-posted 8/27/97   All through school, Walter Mays never really understood science and math, and he didn't much like the courses either.Then in 11th grade, his science teacher stopped teaching from a textbook and let the students do an experiment in class. Sgt. Mays is now a science teacher himself, working as an exhibitor on one of the science center's two Mobile Discovery Centers. Since February 1992, soldiers have toured the country in their traveling science laboratories, hoping to excite students about math and science.

Torsional Wave dedicated at Fort Discovery Web-posted 8/15/97   It shimmered and shimmied, throwing off rainbow prisms of color as waves of motion ran up and down its spine. Fort Discovery's Torsional Wave display, a sinuous steel and wire creation that will stand as the science center's signature piece, got its first workout at a dedication ceremony Friday morning, as officials honored the man who first dreamed of the center. For William J. Hilsman, former Fort Gordon commander, the 72-foot-high display does more than demonstrate the mechanics of wave motion.

Fort Discovery born from Hilsman's dream Web-posted 8/10/97   The idea for the science center that now graces Augusta's Riverwalk first began half a world away. It was in London in 1979 that William J. Hilsman - then a commander at Fort Gordon - first got the idea for a hands-on learning center would that eventually became Fort Discovery.

Fort Discovery show a big hit at premiere Web-posted 8/10/97   Everyone standing in line outside Fort Discovery's Paul S. Simon Discovery Theater on opening day Saturday seemed to have the same expectation.

Theater opens to special effects Web-posted 8/09/97   Creeping fog. Bubbles. Mist falling from the ceiling. This not your typical learning environment. But these are some of the features of the Paul S. Simon Discovery Theater, opening today at downtown Augusta's Fort Discovery. In the 250-seat theater, visitors can see a film that combines a host of special effects to deliver a whirlwind history of human communication.

8,000 attend opening Web-posted 4/28/97   About 8,000 adults and children visited Fort Discovery during the opening weekend, which passed without any major glitches, said George Fry, director of the interactive math and science center.

Era of Discovery begins Web-posted 4/26/97  It took almost 20 years, vision, persistence and dedication, but Saturday morning the National Science Center's Fort Discovery at Port Royal opened its doors to the public.

Prepare to be amazed Web-posted 4/24/97   When the doors finally swing open at the National Science Center's Fort Discovery this week, it will send a charge across the area that some day could reach every science student and teacher in the country.

'High wire' ride starts learning adventure Web-posted 4/24/97   It starts before you even get inside. Guarding the driveway of Fort Discovery is a gleaming tower 75 feet high with a science lesson hidden among its wires and steel. A bicycle rider pedals out on a frighteningly thin rail over the brick patio connecting the Riverwalk to Fort Discovery.

Exhibits are designed to thrill and educate Web-posted 4/24/97   From the hire-wire bicycle overlooking the parking lot, to the air cannon inside, the National Science Center's Fort Discovery Center exhibits are designed to educate while they thrill and entertain.

When Fort opens doors, many will come Web-posted 4/24/97   For years it has been just colorful pastel swirls showing a dream vision of tree-lined grass and brick commons and fictional buildings. But with the opening of the National Science Center's Fort Discovery, the master plan for transforming Riverwalk Augusta and downtown begins to come to life, and all the theories and conceptions are put to the test.

Science center's exhibits accessible at special prices Web-posted 4/24/97   Fort Discovery opens April 26 on the Riverwalk in Augusta. The interactive science and math center will feature 250 exhibits, from the basic to high-tech electronics and rides that allow you to defy gravity or simulate being chased by a dinosaur.

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