For a moment, ponder the fun of learning – the adrenaline rush that comes with watching a successful experiment or by finding the correct solution. Even the mere practice of testing a hypothesis will garner enjoyment. Now who can remember a single place where all of this excitement takes place?

For those who are scientific minded go to 39° 57′ 083° 00’W, or in laymen terms, go to COSI, 333 W. Broad St. COSI originally came to Columbus at 280 E. Broad St. in March 1964. Other than a two month renovation period from September to November 1999, when COSI moved to its current location, the museum has been a constant teacher. During its first year at the new location a little more than one million people visited the museum. Last year attendance leveled out at 710,000, which is the annual average.

Each time I visited COSI, the experience was never the same. The exhibits consistently fluctuated, allowing explorations into different areas of the unknown. Some of these areas include the study of ancient dinosaurs, the human body and even the infinite solar system. Overall, COSI offers insight and exploration into almost every scientific area.

COSI’s displays consist of eight daily exhibits, as well as a traveling feature exhibit. The current feature is titled “100 Languages of Children” and is imported from Reggio Emilio, Italy. The free exhibit, through a series of panels and stories, gives an insightful look into the city known for offering children the best education.

The eight daily exhibits include areas of adventure, i/o (input/output), gadgets, life, progress, little kidspace and the two most popular, ocean and space. The details of each exhibit are dynamic, attempting to offer a new experience every time.

The ocean exhibit is divided into two areas: Mystical Poseidon’s Ocean and Poseidon’s Underwater Research. Both exhibits offer the use of top notch technology and hands on experiences. The space exhibit allows humans to pretend they are astronauts while experiencing the joys of space. The exhibit contains a moon surface to walk on, a space/land rover to drive, an area where you can give undiscovered planets names and a three-dimensional galaxy theater. Although the galaxy theater is the only theater to accompany one of the eight daily exhibits, there are three other stand-alone theaters inside COSI.

All three theaters at COSI are rare for Columbus. The featured theater has an “Extreme Screen,” the second theater is a motion simulator and the final theater is a planetarium.

The extreme screen is a theater with a screen approximately seven stories tall and 83 feet wide – three times as large as a normal movie screen. Two movies are featured on the “Extreme Screen.” The first film “Journey Into Amazing Caves” was filmed by the same researcher who created the I-Max film “Everest.” “Journey” shows on amazing images of discovering caves in volcanoes and all over the world. The second film “Lost Worlds,” which is narrated by Harrison Ford, focuses on civilizations that have been lost over time. Both movies use the entire visual frame to communicate their expressions to the viewers.

The motion simulator is very comparable to the “Star Tours” exhibit at Disneyland. The theater consists of 30 seats, placed inside a movable box. This box follows the motion of the film in attempts to bring the viewer one step closer to being there. “Dolphins” is showing in the motion simulator, but if you are prone to sea sickness, you might decide to sit this attraction out.

COSI can take you closer to the sea, the moon and beyond. The experience will teach you something you may already know, or something you can only learn at COSI. Overall, if you are in need of something productive to do, go to COSI.

Adam Reiss is a senior in journalism and thinks the Browns are going to win the Super Bowl next year.