For Parents

At the Social Cognitive Development Lab...

During a typical visit, parents can find a trail of bright green frog prints leading to our lab once you’ve entered the first floor of the Douglas Kenny Building. Once you’ve made it to one of our rooms (Rooms 1107), one of our researchers will greet and welcome you to the Social Cognitive Development Lab.

From there, our researchers will come and make sure parents are fully informed about the studies they are about to participate in with their child!

While the entire visit can take about 30 to 45 minutes, most families can typically participate in 1 or 2 different studies that each last about 5 to 10 minutes. Parents will be with their child at all times during studies. Our studies have been designed to be maximally fun and engaging, so the experience is both educational and engaging!

Here’s an example of what one of our infant studies look like:

 

At the Living Lab...

When you visit Science World, you can also participate in our research by visiting the Living Lab on the 2nd floor of Science World, right across from the Wonder Gallery.

At the Living Lab, families can expect to find our Living Lab researchers greeting families as they come in and introducing our unique research partnership to all our guests. As our researchers explain to families what activities we have available for the day, families can ask questions about our research and find out more about any activities they wish to participate in.

After we’ve learned more about our visiting families, we invite them to try out our infant activities in the Tadpole Room, and our children’s activities in the Frog Room! A typical visit would last about 15 minutes, allowing us families to participate in our activities, and ask any questions they may have about the activities!

Come by any time Science World is open and ask us what activities you can help out with that day!

Sometimes we also have our Living Lab Kiosks available for guests to learn more about our studies, and for adults to participate as well!