Investigate is described as a hands-on science centre. What is meant by hands-on?
Investigate contains many touchable objects. It has been carefully designed to enable visitors to make intimate observations and to find answers to their own questions. Visitors can make their own decisions about which specimens to look at and what equipment – physical or virtual – to use to aid exploration of those objects. In this sense, Investigate is both hands-on and interactive. ‘Interactive’ is often associated with exhibits that require the operation of push buttons, levers or switches. Investigate does not contain such exhibits.
