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Deer Valley Rock Art Center Phoenix, (623) 582-8007, http://dvrac.asu.edu Flandrau Science Center Tucson, (520) 621-7827, www.flandrau.org Goldfield Ghost Town 41⁄2 miles northeast of Apache Junction, (480) 983-0333, www.goldfieldghost town.com Heard Museum Phoenix, (602) 252-8848, www.heard.org Old Tucson Studios Tucson, (520) 883-0100, www.oldtucson.com Out of Africa Wildlife Park Camp Verde, (928) 567-2840, www.outofafrica park.com Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix, (602) 257-1222, www.phxart.org Pueblo Grande Museum & Archaeological Park Phoenix, (877) 706-4408, www.phoenix.gov/ recreation/arts/ museums/pueblo Rawhide Western Town & Steakhouse at Wild Horse Pass Chandler, (480) 502-5600, www.rawhide.com Rockin R Ranch Mesa, (480) 832-1539, www.rockinr.net Sea Life Arizona Tempe, (480) 478-7600, www.sealifeus.com/ phoenix/phoenix-home Tombstone (888) 457-3929, www.tombstone chamber.com Also in Phoenix, the H e a r d Mu s e u m’s hands-on galleries with make-and-take arts and crafts help kids discover Native American culture and history, while the Deer Valley Rock Art Center protects real petrog l y p h s t h a t Na t i v e Americans created as far back as 10,000 years ago. Phoenix’s Pueblo Grande Museum & Archaeological Park lets kids explore a Native American Hohokam house, build a village and grind corn using a stone metate and mano. Wildlife parks and aquariums automatically grab kids’ attention with plenty of ways to experience animals beyond seeing them in exhibits. Sea Life Arizona in Tempe has tide-pool creatures to touch, and each exhibit offers interactive educational features. Shows at Out of Africa Wildlife Park in Camp Verde demonstrate how caretakers interact with, and feed, big cats and other carnivores. Tucson’s Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum—a zoo, botanical garden and natural history museum combo—has up-close live-animal presentations, including flying hawks, a lazing Gila monster and a scurrying skunk. Or drive right into animal habitats as wild critters go about their daily activities right around you at Bearizona in Williams. Kids learn science best by doing it, and Arizona offers plenty of opportunities. The Arizona Science Center in Phoenix has more than 300 hands-on exCOURTESY OF PHOENIX ZOO m Don a miner’s helmet for an underground tour of Bisbee’s Copper Queen Mine. k Flagstaff’s Arizona Snowbowl offers plenty of thrills for skiers and snowboarders. JOHN BAE hibits on four floors, plus an IMAX theater and planetarium. The Exploration Station in Mesa’s Arizona Museum of Natural History enriches the dinosaur and ancient-culture exhibits with art projects, games and free play. The Flandrau Science Center at The University of Arizona in Tucson houses a planetarium, a telescope and interactive exhibits that showcase different sciences. Families can go on a mock shuttle mission at the Challenger Space Center in Peoria, as well as look through telescopes and attend planetarium programs. Arizona museums know how to make art fun for kids to explore. Young visitors to Mesa’s Arizona Museum for Youth do more than look at paintings; they play with exhibits and create their own artful masterpieces. The Phoenix Art Museum, which has a hands-on gallery for stimulating creativity, also brings its exhibits to kid size with backpacks full of activity cards and with audio guides that point out things of interest to children. TEEN ADVENTURES Arizona’s got what teens and tweens want: Something new and daring to try. Several thrilling attractions get the heart pumping. Jumpstreet Indoor Trampoline Parks in Glendale and Chandler encourage high-flying o Visit the Phoenix Zoo, ranked as one of the top five zoos for kids in the nation. 14 Arizona 2011 Official State Visitor’s Guide AOT/JOEL GRIMES http://dvrac.asu.edu http://www.flandrau.org http://www.goldfieldghosttown.com http://www.goldfieldghosttown.com http://www.heard.org http://www.oldtucson.com http://www.outofafricapark.com http://www.outofafricapark.com http://www.phxart.org http://www.phoenix.gov/recreation/arts/museums/pueblo http://www.phoenix.gov/recreation/arts/museums/pueblo http://www.phoenix.gov/recreation/arts/museums/pueblo http://www.rawhide.com http://www.rockinr.net http://www.sealifeus.com/phoenix/phoenix-home http://www.sealifeus.com/phoenix/phoenix-home http://www.tombstonechamber.com http://www.tombstonechamber.com

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