exhibits: energy, mechanics & physics
BICYCLE BLOWER
Visitors pedal a bicycle that is connected to a blower. The blower keeps a ball suspended in an air stream. Visitors can measure both their peak energy output (height of ball) and work output (average ball height x time).Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Designed and built by Exhibiteers Inc.
Science World, Vancouver, British Columbia
Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, Arizona
BROWNIAN MOTION
Observe the erratic movement of the orange puck as you control the speed of ball bearings that strike it randomly from all sides. Robert Brown made the same observation of minute particles in a water sample under a microscope and mistakenly thought this was evidence of a microscopic life. It was Einstein who eventually put forth the correct explanation: it was the molecular interaction of atoms that caused the erratic movement!Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Related Exhibits: Compressing Air Heats It
Original concept by Joe Ansel, Ansel and Associates Inc.
Design and built by Joe Hastings in cooperation with Exhibiteers Inc.
Client:
Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Hong Kong Science Center, Kowloon, Hong Kong
BUCKET RADIO
Visitors are presented with two vibrating but silent sound posts onto which they can place a variety of objects such as buckets, spoons or pans. Once an object comes in contact with a sound post, music begins to emanate from the object. Thus reinforcing the concept that sound is generated by the movement of a medium such as air.Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Designed and built by Exhibiteers Inc.
Client: Science World, Eureka Exhibit
Millwork by Science World, British Columbiaentre
CRANK IT
Assemble gears in various arrangements and crankthem to see how they interact. From simple gear combinations to a planetary gear arrangement. A safe and fun way to learn about gears.
Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Design and built by Exhibiteers Inc.
Client: National Inventors Hall of Fame
Cabinet millwork by Hands On Inc.
COMPRESSING AIR HEATS IT
Experience the heat as a volume of gas is compressed which demonstrates one of the basic laws of thermodynamics.Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Related Exhibit: Brownian Motion
Based on original design by Joe Ansel
Design and built by Joe Hastings in cooperation with Exhibiteers Inc.
Client: Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Graphic design by Arizona Science Center
FLY A PLANE
Take control of a model airplane and learn how to take off, fly and land like a pilot as you master roll, pitch and yaw.Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Designed and built by Arizona Science Center
in cooperation with Exhibiteers Inc.
Client: Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Millwork and graphics by Arizona Science Center
HARMONOGRAPH
Visitors create an endless variety of patterns by varying the pendulum starting conditions and by lowering and raising the pen at will.Our Harmonograph design, a first for museums and science centers, finally provides a safe way for visitors to directly interact with two heavy pendulums.
The visual experience is truly mesmerizing.
Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Watch: Harmonograph Video
Designed and built by Exhibiteers Inc.
Client: Science World, Vancouver, British Columbia
HOT AIR BALLOONS
Heat the air inside a 7 foot high colourful balloon with a 24" high gas flame and watch it take flight. The controlled gas flame is operated by the visitor, so they can experiment with the amount of heat it takes to send the balloon upward.Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Designed and built by Exhibiteers Inc.
Client:
Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Science Place, Dallas, Texas
HEAT PUMP
How does your refrigerator or freezer keep your food cold? Crank up our Heat Pump refrigeration exhibit and find out when one copper handle turns cold while the other turns hot. Heat Pump comes ready to install as a table top version or a free standing floor version.Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Designed and built by Exhibiteers Inc.
Client: Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, Arizona
KARATE CHOP
Measure the speed of your hand as you karate chop a soft cushion. Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Designed and built as part of the Ontario Science Centre exhibit development team for SPORTS.
LIFT YOURSELF
See how the mechanical advantage of ropes and pulleys allow you to lift your own weight. Lift ratios range from 3:1 to 8:1. Carriage is controlled to provide a slow, smooth descent.Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Related Exhibit: Push or Pulley It
Watch: Lift Yourself Video
Designed and built by Exhibiteers Inc.
Client:
Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Calgary Science Center, Calgary, Alberta
Catawba Science Center, Norwalk, Connecticut
Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana, California
Manitoba Science Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SEE Science Center, Manchester, New Hampshire
Science World, Vancouver, British Columbia
PUSH OR PULLEY IT
Can you pull yourself and the heavy box along the floor by using the mechanical advantages of pulleys. Create a variety of pulley arrangements to discover which one works best!Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Related Exhibit: Lift Yourself
Concept, design and prototype by Exhibiteers Inc.
Client: The National Inventors Hall of Fame, Akron, Ohio
SUPER BOUNCE
How high can the top ball fly when you drop this stack of balls from only 4 feet off the ground. We've seen it go as high as 70 feet. That's as high as a 7 storey building!Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Concept, design and prototype by Exhibiteers Inc.
Client:
Calgary Science Center, Calgary, Alberta
The Don Harrington Discovery Center, Amarillo, Texas
The National Inventors Hall of Fame, Akron, Ohio
SEE Science Center, Manchester, New Hampshire
WAVE MAKER
See and feel wave behaviour such as:Reflection, constructive and destructive interference, and wave propagation through a medium using this unique wave generator that can be up to 60 feet high! You can actually demonstrate several properties of waves including wave propagation through three different simulated indexes of refraction making this a truly unique learning and teaching tool.
Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Design and built under the Exploratorium's Exhibit Development Program
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