• Touch a Tornado!
  • An exhibit that allows children the experience of walking through a tornado. Underwriter Cost:: $30,000 term: 3 years
  
  
• Hurricane in the Round!
  • A surround-sound movie that puts children in the middle of a hurricane. A worldwide storm tracking board. Underwriter Cost:: $60,000 term: 5 years
  
  
• Lights-Sound-Action! Lightning - Thunder - Wind - Hail
  • Computer-generated lightning display complete with the sound of thunder. Underwriter Cost:: $ 30,000 term 3 years
  
  
• Rain - Rain - Go Away! Flash Flood!
  • Flash Flood Table where you can change the terrain to see how flash floods form. Underwriter Cost: $30,000 term 3 years
  
  
• It's Cold Outside! Winter Storms/Blizzards/Ice Storms
  • Underwriter Cost: $20,000 term 2 years
  
  
• It's Hot Outside! Heat Waves/Droughts
  • Underwriter Cost: $20,000 term 2 years
  
  
• Weather Works! Atmosphere - Pressure, Temperature, Clouds, Wind
  • Cloud Chamber. Temperature Difference with Height. Underwriter Cost: $30,000 term 3 years
  
  
• How to Measure the Weather!
  • Display of Weather Instruments with lessons on how to use them. Underwriter Cost: $20,000 term 2 years
  
  
• Weather Forecasting through History!
  • Displays featuring old weather maps, radar equipment, and books. Underwriter Cost: $30,000 term 3 years
  
  
• Make your own weather forecast video! TV/Radio Studio
  • A television studio where museum visitors can present their weather forecasts and perform a video taped weather broadcast to take home. Underwriter Cost: $75,000 term 5 years
  
  
• Meeting Room/Classroom/Video Room Weather Safety Videos/Computer Games
  • An up-to-date computer room featuring weather education software, and weather facts and fun. A small theater featuring weather safety videos and films. Classrooms for WRCTM Weather Camp and teacher education class. A small theater featuring weather safety videos and films. Underwriter Cost: $30,000 term 3 years
  
  
• Library/Data Center
  • Library and weather data banks complete with currently available meteorological research. Weather maps and data that date back to 1899. Underwriter Cost: $50,000 term 5 years
  
  

Phase 4 - Virtual Reality Exhibits

• The Virtual reality dome will be used to experience tornadoes, hurricanes, and other phenomena. It may also be used to show the public the long-term effects of climate changes and resulting ecosystem changes. Within the dome, many years of subtle changes in climate and ecology can be condensed into a few dramatic minutes. Underwriter Cost: $350,000 term 5 years