Quanah Parker, eldest son of Cynthia Ann Parker and Peta Nocona, was the last chief of the Comanche's. He led a fierce band of warriors on the Llano Escatado (Staked Plain) of northwest Texas before surrendering at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma in 1870. With one foot in two worlds, he became a statesman for his tribe, a wealthy cattle rancher and a friend of cattleman Charles Goodnight and President Theodore Roosevelt. However, he refused to convert to Christianity or to give up his braids and his many wives. The exhibit features photos of Quanah that reflect his life as he learned to blend two cultures by taking his mother's family name and providing leadership to the Comanche people as they entered the 20th century.

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Sci-Tech Discovery Center

The Team-Up! exhibit allows children, families and groups to enjoy the fascination that is involved in becoming a winning athlete. Visitors will have opportunities to test their own skills in such sports as basketball, football, baseball, tennis, soccer and even extreme sports like snowboarding. At the same time guests will be amazed and educated at the level of science that is involved in sports. Children will learn principles of geometry, physics, force and friction in a way that is both intriguing and relative to their favorite sports. Several interactive components include: “Get in the Game,” “How Fast Was That Pitch,” “Ricochet Racket,” and "Set Shot." Team Up!, sponsored by Baylor Medical Center at Frisco, offers fun and learning for the whole family.

Amusement Park Science, has 12 hands-on exhibit components, including a Create-a-Coaster area, interactive video and computer kiosks, bumper cars and much more. These interactive stations explore the physics behind the fun at amusement parks. Visitors will discover key concepts like such as Newton’s Laws of Motion, Angular Momentum and other key physics principles as they explore this exhibit.

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