It is located next to the Planetarium, where visitors are able to interact with its exhibits which cover various scientific topics, with emphasis on Physics and Astronomy.
Listen and Discover
Short and simple scientific documentary films are displayed according to a predefined schedule. The films are of a lively nature that attract audience and help them understand scientific issues in an appealing, simple yet interesting manner.
Programs in the PSC
Hands-on Workshops
Within the mission and strategy adopted by the PSC. The History of Science Museum conducts a variety of workshops to facilitate and animate the information in the museum in a simple fun manner. Topics offered in the PSC workshops include:
Chemistry
Volcanoes
DNA
Agriculture
Five Senses
Sound
Genetics
Air
Magnetics
Dinosaurs
First Aid
Colors
Mechanics
Gravity
Light
Time measurement
Remote Sensing Workshop
This program introduces the scientific participles of remote sensing. and offers hands-on applications. Participants are introduced to the impact of natural events through history using a series of satellites images, as well as the analysis of recent images to comprehend the current situation. They are also exposed to other environmental issues that are related to the workshop theme.
Zoom Earth Program
This program comprises different kinds of educational activities, such as series of lectures, workshops and field trips. The program mainly tackles topics such as irrigation, meteorology, volcanoes and earthquakes.
Discover your Environment Camp
A winter camp, Discover your Environment allows students to interact with various fields of science through entertaining activities in the courses of an amazing journey to the Siwa desert organized by the PSC.
RoboAlex Center
The RoboAlex Center at the Alexploratorium offers hands-on robotic challenges guided by animators. The participating groups design, program, and test robots on a special playing field to accomplish certain missions.
Science Club implements educational and science programs at schools; they aim to "simulate curiosity, interest and enjoyment in science and its methods of inquiry, to develop experiment and investigative abilities and develop children's abilities and skills."
Super Science Show
The Super Science Show gets participating children involved in hands-on experiment. The show includes experiments in the fields of physics, biology, and chemistry.
Alexploratorium Contest
The Alexploratorium Contest familiarize students of different age groups with essential topics in science like IQ tests and teamwork; it also tackles important scientific discoveries.
Eratosthenes is a traditional annual Festival that the Bibliotheca Alexandrina organizes with the aim of promoting science and heritage among school students. The Festivities of 2003-2008 evolved around measuring the Earth's circumference, following the footsteps of Eratosthenes.
First-Lego League in Egypt Competition Finale
The result of an alliance between FIRST and LEGO, First Lego League is an international hands-on, sport-like robotics program for children 9-14. Guided by mentors, FLL student solve actual engineering challenges.
Intel BASEF
The Planetarium Science Center, in collaboration with Intel Co. organizes the hosted by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in March. Intel BASEF brings together students in grades 9–12; 14-18 years of age; from Alexandria and neighboring governorates to train, research, innovate, compete, and winning. The winning projects, one team project and two individual projects, will represent Egypt in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair that takes place in the United States of America.
On the occasion of the international celebration of World Water Day, the PSC organizes one-day festival.
World Environmental Day
Commemorated each year on 5 June, World Environmental Day is one of the vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The Slogan for 2008 was "CO2 Kick the habit": Towards a low-carbon Economy.
The Planetarium's Revamp
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina reopened its planetarium doors after having equipped itself with a newly installed state of the art dome projection system and a set of stunning shows to go along with it. With the new system running, the sea-side Bibliotheca and the Planetarium Science Center are now ready to jointly host the 20th International Planetarium Society conference in June, 2010.
Digistar 3
The planetarium describes its new system which is known as Digistar 3 as a "cutting-edge full-dome projection system with a rich set of real-time 3D astronomy features and a wide database of celestial bodies that enables the audience to explore the universe as never before."
Stunning Shows
"Stars of the Pharaohs" is one of the shows currently displayed at the PSC which is centered on Ancient Egyptian astronomy. It answers questions like how much truth is there to claims that the Pharaohs' monuments were observatories, possessed magical powers or were even built by aliens? How did the Egyptians see and use the stars, and what is their legacy to us? "New Horizons" on the other hand is a show focusing on modern astronomical discoveries and insights. The show promises to take the viewer on an "expedition through the Solar System and into the realm of comets." Its focus is one of exploration.
