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The Sciencenter provides visitors opportunities to explore the wonders of science through hands-on exhibits and educational programs that promote learning through interaction. Recipient of the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce “Not-for-Profit Organization of the Year” award in 2006, the Sciencenter was constructed almost entirely by volunteers. Over 2,200 volunteers from the community contributed over 40,000 hours of work. They ranged in age from children to senior citizens and included both unskilled and skilled workers. In Fall/Winter of 2007, visitors will be able to enjoy an exciting new exhibit called "Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Seasons." This exhibit introduces visitors to the ways nature is celebrated in the lives of Japanese families. Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Seasons was developed by the Brooklyn Children's Museum as part of the Go East Asian Exhibit Initiative. Funded by the Freeman Foundation, this exhibition's tour is administered by the Association of Children's Museums. Other exciting permanent exhibits at the Sciencenter include: Connect to the Ocean, where you can interact with a touch tank containing live tide pool animals; Mars and Stars, where you can use interactive computer kiosks and see beautiful images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope; and the Saltonstall Animal Room, where you can see a variety of creatures such as frogs, fish, toads, newts, salamanders, geckos, millipedes, cornsnakes, hissing cockroaches, and turtles.