Amphitheater

With little imagination, students & community members can create an environment where the facts & figures of science combine with the Excitement, Emotion and Energy of the Theatre.

Energy Park

State Level Energy Education Park (SEEP), spreading over a hexagonal grid pattern area measuring 9000 sq.m is being developed at the Gujarat Science City. Gujarat Science City has received a financial assistance from the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES) and the work has been executed in association with Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA).

The Energy Park exhibits are classified according to five basic elements (Panchbhuta) as propounded in ancient Indian Philosophy. These elements are (i) Tej (Energy from the Sun), (ii) Marut (Energy from the Wind), (iii) Ap (Energy from the Water), (iv) Kshiti (Energy from the Earth) and (v) Byom (Exploration of space).

The civil and land scaping work is almost in completion stage. Exhibits on wind energy, solar energy, petroleum rigs, Sardar Sarovar Dam etc. have been installed and some are in progress.

Energy Plantation work has just started over an area of 2 hectare land.

Two number of Battery Operated Passenger Vehicle has been ordered from BHEL, one delivered and other one in pipeline.

Exhibits Details

WIND ENERGY

Along with sun, it was the air, which showed man its power. Even before the solar energy, it was the wind energy that man used for his work. Initially, it was used in two main ways; to drive wind mills on land and to drive sailing vessels at sea. The first use of windmills were to grind foods grains and to run pumps to irrigate. Now with the advancement of science and technology, we have windmills generating electricity. Naturally, now this energy can be used for many more works.

WIND MILL PUMP

Here the rotating blades of the windmill give vertical movement to the rod. This rod acts like the rod of hand pump and lifts water from the tank. It can be used for any purpose. Right from water for irrigation to pumping water for other uses.

WIND TURBINE

Here the rotating blades of the windmill generate electricity through the rotary motion of the generator. This generator is fitted at the top of the mill near the blades. The electricity passes to the control house. Here in this model, series of electric bulbs glow whenever there is windmill generated electricity.

An array of such windmills is a windfarm, which produces electricity in large quantity.This electricity can be taken to considerable distances.

DRILLING FOR OIL AND GAS

This is a typical structure of a rig used for drilling oil and well on land. It is only after drilling a well it is found whether there is oil or gas or both or nothing. Despite all scientific advancement finding oil and gas from a well is not always certain.

The most popular method of drilling an oil well is called “Rotary drilling method.”

In this method whole is drilled quicky and greater depths are reached faster.

HOUSE OF POLYMERS

Crude oil or the black gold is not just a fuel which we use as Diesel, Petrol, or Kerosene.

The crude oil, greenish-black sticky liquid, is refined in refinary. Besides fuels we get number of other products which make our world more versatile. This is because petroleum is also a raw material for over half a million organic chemicals. They are known as petrochemicals. In this petro house everything is made of petrochemicals.

Can you imagine the world without the peroproducts?

GEO THERMAL ENERGY-POWER FROM THE DEPTHS

Hot water springs are the best examples of the Geo thermal energy. Many of us have direct experience of this energy from beneath the surface of the earth. The earth’s centre is 6400 Kms deep. How hot is this region ? Our best guess is 4000 degree C. Heat is constantly flowing from earth’s interior to surface. The steam energy from under the surface of earth provides over 44 billion kilo watt hour of electricity world wide per year.

To produce electric power from geo thermal resources, under ground reservoirs of steam Or hot water are tapped by wells and the steam rotates turbines that generate electricity in India, the geological survey of India has already identified more than 350 hot springs sites which can be explored as areas to top geo thermal energy.

This interactive model shows the use of geo thermal energy.

TIDAL POWER GENERATOR

Tides and ebbs can run turbines to generate electricity . But for this there should be a minimum difference of 15 feet between high tide and low tide or ebb. The water high tide Turns wheels of turbine while going and receding water of low tide also turn the wheels. This movement generates electricity. In a little more than 24 hours we have four Tides and ebbs.

However, there are only 40 sites on the earth with tidal ranges of this magnitude. This model shows the use of tidal energy to generate electricity. France’s La Rance station is the only industrial-sized tidal power station in the world which produces 240 MW of power.

OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERTER

Different layer of sea have different temperature. This difference in temperature is used to generate electricity through ocean thermal energy converter. However, it works best when difference between the warmer, top layer of the ocean and the colder, deep ocean water is about 20degree C. The idea was first floted by Jacques Arsene d’Avsonaval a French physicist in 1881.But first plant has built by his student George Claude in cuba in 1930. It produced 22KW of electricity with a low pressure turbine. Here is an interactive exhibit of OTEC plant.

WAVE POWER GENERATION

Wind energy creates ocean waves. Each wave can travel a long distance without losing much energy. Strong steady winds produce waves that travel up to 56 miles per hour.This energy of waves is be used to move turbines which generates electricity. Experts estimate that wave energy has potential to provide up to 10% of the world’s electricity.

The only problem is to keep the structure intact in the sea. Despite that there are many wave power plants in the world.

In this interactive exhibit you can generate wave in the pool of water which in turn generate electricity. You can witness the result of your own efforts .

SOLAR HOUSE

Generally people think that though solar energy is cheap it has limited use and it is not convenient to use. However, recent advances in technology have made use of solar energy easy and cheap. In both forms, thermal and electrical form. Here, in this solar Hut, right from kitchen tap to T. V. and refrigerator all are run on solar energy. Series of batteries store electrical energy generated by panel of PV cells at the roof top.

This electrical energy is fed into inverter for use to run T.V. refrigerator , fans and so on.

You can also cook your food through solar cooker.

Solar water heating system , solar still kept out side take care of need for water in the house. While solar lantern provides emergency light. Do not worry, solar energy has no transmission problem.

Hall of Space & Hall of Science

The Hall of Space & Hall of Science in the Gujarat Science City has been designed as a high- tech exhibition involving latest techniques with an area of 20,000 sq ft.

Visitor will walk around the ways and the working models of the new vistas opened by the space and communication explorations. They can explore how different types of communication signals are emitted, transformed, encoded and decoded so that they would be sent to a distance or stored. In addition, the pavilion will give the visitors an experience how people communicated with each other in the ancient time and also compare it with the modern day communication media.

The exhibits include simulated journey through the space, animatronics with sound -synchronized pneumatic robots, computer-controlled multi-screen panoramic projection, precision interactive exhibits on experiments planned by NASA, touch-screen computer multimedia programs. All exhibits have been designed to involve massive visitor’s participation, both physical and emotional.

The Hall of Space & Hall of Science will have interactive and educative exhibits and exposes the visitor to the technologies of communication through sound / signals / codes and satellite. The pavilion will give the visitor an insight into the working of satellites, mobile telephone, Internet and the application and usage of these technologies in real life.

Hall of Space

GROUND FLOOR

1. Space Exploration
2. Geosynchronus Satellite
3. T.V Studio
4. Internet
5. Communication
6. Seven Screen Projection
7. Space Quiz
8. Solar Theatre
9. Mars Capsule
10. Visuals on Mars
11. Chandtyyan
12. GSLV
13. Rockets
14. Panels/Duratrans/Plasma Screen Projection
15. Levitation
16. Walking on Moon

1. Spark Theatre
2. Power Transmission Gear
3. Power Bicycle
4. Angular Velocity
5. Anti Gravity
6. Celestical Motion
7. Loop
8. Lift your own weight
9. Sound Exhibits
10. Doppler's Effect
11. Eco Sound
12. Convarsation Piece
13. Grand Shuttle
14. Aerodynamics
15. Flying of Aero Plane
16. Aquamobil
17. Feel Fly
18. Bernaulli's Ball
19. Pnuematic Mail
20. Floating Ball
21. Lissaious Pendulum
22. Probability
23. Mobious Band
24. Hyberbola
25. Elliptical Carom Board
26. Elliptical Wave Tank
27. Parabola
28. Mirror Maze
29. Pendulums
30. Vision
31. Sterio Vision
32. Light Island
33. Captive Shadow/Color Shadow
34. you and Me
35. Multiple Reflections
36. I Fly
37. Bodyless Head
38. Mirro/Glass Exhibits
39. Transformation of Energy

I Max 3D Theatre

The Imax shows timings of IMAX 3D

Mon-Sunday

The IMAX Experience is the world's most powerful and involving film experience. With breathtaking images up to eight stories high and wrap-around 12,000-watt digital sound, IMAX technology takes you to places only imagined. Climb the daunting heights of Everest. Experience the weightlessness of space. See the Rolling Stones larger than life. Dive into the undersea world of the most fearsome great white sharks. Slam-dunk with Michael Jordan.

What is IMAX?

Imax : Different from the normal movie. IMAX cameras are specifically designed to shoot 15 perforation, 70 mm film (15/70) - the world's largest film format. Weighing between 42 and 100 pounds, these cameras are extremely versatile and can be used in virtually any environment. They have been to space, explored the ocean floor, summitted Mt. Everest and traveled the globe.

Only IMAX technology lets you feel like you're really there. Over 700 million people around the world have been spellbound by the force and beauty of The IMAX Experience. Technically advanced and visually stunning, The IMAX Experience continues to be the world's most immersive theatre entertainment.

Very first 3D Imax theatre in Ahemdabad :

Ahmedabad: India’s very first 3D Imax theatre has been kick-started in Ahmedabad at the Gujarat Council of Science City, promoted by the Gujarat government. The theatre was inaugurated by Indian Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and has already started screening 3D-compatible movies.

The technology has been provided by Imax Corporation, which is headquartered jointly in New York and Toronto. Imax is one of the world’s leading entertainment technology companies, with particular emphasis on film and digital-imaging technologies, including 3D, postproduction and digital projection.

Imax is a fully-integrated, out-of-home entertainment enterprise with activities ranging from the design, leasing, marketing, maintenance, and operation of Imax theatre systems to film development, production, postproduction and distribution of large-format films. Imax also designs and manufactures cameras, projectors and commits significant funding to ongoing research and development. The Imax Theatre Network currently consists of more than 225 Imax-affiliated theatres in 30 countries.

Incorporating a film frame more than 10 times the size of the conventional 35-mm film, the 15/70-format image is projected on to a giant screen, which is as high as an eight-storied building. The technology and the design of the theatre combine to allow each person in the audience the sense of being totally involved in the film. The experience is magnified by the use of a six-channel, multi-way sound system.

Imax films are shot and projected on 15-perforation/70mm film - the largest film format in existence. Spread over an area of 2.14 hectares of land, the Imax 3D theatre is the first public facility of the Gujarat Science City Project that is being developed. The major components of the theatre are 651 seats for 2D films and 557 seats for 3D Films.

In addition to the Imax Theatre, there is a provision for 3D virtual reality projections, video games, and cyber café and exhibition space. During normal functioning, the Imax can house about 1,000 persons into the various parts of the complex and another 300 to 500 persons outside.

Imax : Effect of Sound and Screen

To complete the effect of the multi-channel, IMAX digital surround sound system, the huge IMAX flat screens and dome screens are perforated with thousands of tiny holes to allow the crystal clear sound to flow through freely.

Musical Fountain

The Musical Fountain shows timings are :

Mon to Sunday

• India’s Largest and Biggest Dancing Musical Fountain
• Confluence of light, sound and water in motion
• Spread over an area of 9000 sq.m in hexagonal grid pattern
• Consist of 1300 square meter pond area, with 56 meters channel length
• Illuminated by 935 colour lights
• Involves 113 water jets with 2073 nozzles
• Ejects water as high as 30 meters; top of any 10 storeyed building
• Generates 273 water effects: mesmerize the eye, ear and mind
• Surrounds with 4000 watt sound system, 20 speakers with graphic equalizer
• Set up as fully automatic, one touch computer operation
• Individually choreographed tunes of music with light, sound and water effects
• Provides ambient learning atmosphere: open sky, green land and cool water bodies
• Involves principles of acoustics, hydraulics, light-water synchronization
• Explains Bourneli’s principle, types of water flow and water dynamics, rainbow and many more…

Apparently a fountain of pleasure and enjoyment, the newly installed Musical Fountain in Gujarat Science City is an exciting demonstration of certain important phenomena of science and technology in the areas of hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, electromagnetism and digital electronics. The sprouts of water emanating from the fountainheads observe the basic laws of fluidics including Pascal’s law and Bernoulli’s principle. Electromagnetic solenoid valves receive synchronizing pulses from the audio system and control the water jets. The music is digitised and the pulses are fed to the solenoid valves through computerized programs controller. In traditional musical fountains, the flow of water is controlled by the varying amplitude of the audio signal, but the musical fountain in Gujarat Science City is responsive to both amplitude and frequency of the audio signal, thus making the fountain dance with the vigour and tune of the music. The musical fountain is a beautiful example of human creativity through the interaction of music and science.

Promising to be a major crowd puller in Ahmedabad as well as other parts of the state and the country, the musical fountain will provide an experience of the magical world of light, sound and water; where technology fuses with fantasy.

The musical fountain in the Science City will provide the most beautiful nighttime entertainment. The water effects move or dance with music and interpret each tune in synchronization with light and sound whether fast or slow.

Spread over an area of 9000 sq.m in hexagonal grid pattern, the Musical Fountain at science city is claimed to be the Asia’s largest one. The pool of the fountain is rectangular shaped and covers an area of 1300 square meters. It employs 113 jets, 935 underwater colour lights, 4 submericible heavy duty pumps, 2073 sets of hydraulic nozzles with 273 effects. The lotus water volume in the center can be as high as 30 meters. It has more than 20 kinds of water styles including floating fountain, seagulls, chasing waves, peacocks, swinging, flower baskets.

The sound system is really fantastic. With 4000 watt surround sound system, the music will be aired by 20 speakers well equipped with graphic equalizer to provide digital sound with highest quality.

The programs on musical fountain will fully controlled by a computer software programs IN COMMAND, which has been specifically written for this purpose. Once the pumps and the other equipments are switched on, the operation will be totally controlled by a single computer.

While the visitors will be in the dream fountain, they will also learn about the science behind the musical fountain like principles of acoustic, water treatment processes, light-water synchronization, Bourneli’s principles, types of water flow and water dynamics, rainbow and many more.

Accompanied with the sculptures, green landscape with trees and flowers around it and with the function of the electronic sound and light, the large-scale musical fountain in the Science City becomes a most splendid pearl engraved along the outskirt of Ahmedabad. M/s Arun Kumar & Associates of Mumbai has provided the landscape and architectural consultancy and M/s Premier Fountain of Kolkata has involved for the development of this large-scale musical fountain.

The total cost involvement in the musical fountain is Rs. 330 lakh. It will be a new attraction to the Science City and will be a new evening time edutainment asset to the visitors of all kinds. It will operate 2 to 3 shows daily for 20 minutes each in the evening. The invitation ticket has been fixed as Rs. 20/- per person.

It is easy for the audience of the Musical Fountain to marvel in the display of water and lights, and listen to the music lofting over the harbor as the sun is setting behind the dunes and many little thoughts may go into the science of water, light and sound to inspire the young minds.

Thrill Rider

30 Seater Thrill Rider: Ride Simulations provides the experience of riding a roller coaster, flying in an aerobatic aircraft, a journey into space and many more.

Experiences more intense and exciting than the original (and with out risk). It all happens in a self-contained capsule that can be put almost anywhere. And it earns. Ride Films like “Star war”, “ A journey in to a Volcano” and “Time gate to Egypt” (a journey through the pyramids of Egypt) gives educational value as well as entertainment to visitors. The popularity of ride simulation is the top of attraction all over the world. Every body that experiences the ride simulation remembers for long. This may be able to accommodate 30 visitors at a time.

Capacity: 30 persons