Exploration Place

Exploration Place will consult with individuals, action groups, researchers, and policymakers to evaluate community needs and information gaps concerning the water supply crisis in Kansas. Exploration Place will use this data to create a new 400-square-foot aquifer exhibit and ten on-site and outreach STEM educational programs that will incorporate Next Generation Science Standards and 21st Century Skills to elevate the level of water awareness and encourage individual conservation, community policy discussion, creative problem solving, and technological intervention. Exploration Place aims to foster better consumer decisions about water use, dialogue among citizens and government decision-makers and ultimately encourage informed water conservation efforts. The museum will survey visitors to the aquifer exhibit and water education programs to assess levels of change in awareness and behavior.