exhibits: sports
BOBSLED SIMULATOR
Bobsledding is fast, fun and dangerous!Experience the exhilaration while steering your sled down the course. The intensity of the simulated bumps, jolts and shimmies all increase as you hurl toward the finish line!
Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Watch: Bobsled Video
Designed and built as part of the Ontario Science Centre exhibit development team for SPORTS
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
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 real gas flame is controlled by the visitor so they can experiment with the amount of heat it takes to get things going.Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Designed and built by Exhibiteers Inc.
Client: Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Cabinetry and graphics by Arizona Science Center
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.
LAND LIKE A FEATHER
See how softly you can land on an impact platform using your legs to absorb the energy of your fall. Or see what impact force you can create by landing firmly. Landing force and profile is presented on a multimedia display with specific humorous sound effects that represent your attempts.Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Designed and built as part of the Ontario Science Centre exhibit development team on SPORTS.
PEDAL A BICYCLE
Pedal a bike. Simple right!Now try to do it by controlling four uncoordinated muscle groups connected to a pair of mechanical legs mounted on a bike. Try it and you quickly learn it's not quite so easy.
Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Related exhibit: Skeleton on a Bike
Original concept by Don Trollope
Designed and built by Exhibiteers Inc.
Client: Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Base and graphics by Arizona Science Center
SEE YOUR WALK
Visitor's control the speed of their walk on a motorized treadmill while camera's focus on their feet and display their walking pattern on a monitor in front of them. It is the only way to accurately observe your own gait.Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Designed and built as part of the Ontario Science Centre development team for SPORTS
SKELETON ON A BIKE
A visitor pedals a bicycle that is connected to a second bicycle. A complete anatomically correct skeleton is mounted on the second bicycle. As the visitor pedals, the skeleton pedals its bicycle revealing how our skeletal system appears as it performs this simple task.Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Related exhibit: Pedal a Bicycle
Designed & built for Discovery Science Center of Los Angeles
(aka "Discovery Cube")
WHEELCHAIR RACE
Sit in a wheelchair and push yourself through a 50 meter race. You can compete on your own or with a friend as you watch your time, speed and distance traveled displayed in real time on a multimedia display. Download a Printable Version (PDF)
Watch: Wheelchair Race Video
Designed and built by Exhibiteers Inc.
Client: Jaermuseet, aka The Science Factory, Sandnes, Norway