Make plans now to visit our upcoming educational exhibit 'From Here to There.'
Exhibit Descriptions
WaterWays
Operate an authentic canal lock system as you move your boat through different water levels.
Earthmovers
Discover how simple machines help move things in this bead-pit construction site. Using levers, buckets and pulleys, children can lift and load beads into a dump truck and move the loads around! This exhibit is designed to appeal to toddlers and preschoolers.
Set Sail
Glide sailboats through the water by changing the rudder and sail positions. Change the wind direction for a new challenge as you try to reach the next port.
Hovercraft
Sit down, strap in and fly through the air on this amazing hovercraft. Ride on a cushion of air that lets you twist, turn, and travel with ease across the floor. Accompanying interactive components also let you explore how air pressure makes a hovercraft work.
Up, Up, and Away
Turn up the heat to help this beautiful balloon take to the skies. What temperature is needed to get the top? What about half-way?
Wing Thing
See how changing air flow affects the movement of wings. Challenge yourself to see if you can make the wing more stable or make it hover in one place. Create your own experiments to make the wing flutter, float, or soar.
MagLev
Discover how trains float in the air and travel at amazing speeds through magnetic levitation. Explore the potential of transportation using magnetic forces, and decide for yourself if this is the future of travel.
Air Tubes
Send colored balls through tubes from one place to another in a rushing channel of air. Watch balls zoom and snake through the exhibition gallery to your friends at the other station.
Feel the Friction
Experience the forces that effect how things move across land, through the air and in water. Try moving different weights across dirt, along train tracks, or through the water. Which one takes less effort?
Start Your Engines!
Explore the inside of important machines that do everything from power our cars and airplanes to lawnmowers and snowblowers.
