Exploration Station

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Exploration Station

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• Architecture Blocks: See how far your imagination can take you as you build with basic shapes – the same shapes that have created almost endless structures throughout history!
• Cantenry Arch: Using numbered blocks, you can see Newton’s Third Law at work in this fun, builder activity!
• SOMA Cube: Sit at the table, select an earthquake, and feel the shake.

NETL Energy Zone

In partnership with the National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Circuit Station: Basic electricity for everyone – connect wires to power circuits!
• Energy Challenge game: Grab a few friends or family members and step up to this interactive kiosk game show. Two individuals or teams challenge each other for the title of Energy Champion!
• Energy Quiz: Test your knowledge of energy consumption! This exhibit presents visitors with pairs of appliances and asks which of the two uses more energy.
• Laz-R Graph: Make your own laser design!
• Power House: Flip switches on a miniature house to see how much energy you use – or can save – with various appliances.
• Power Station: Turn cranks to generate electricity. How much effort does it take to turn on the light bulb? To make the fan go? Which light bulb takes the most energy?
• Rebound: Ricochet balls on a tabletop!
• Ring Launcher: Participants press a button to initiate an electric current, producing an electromagnet that forces a metal ring to be swiftly launched up a pole.

Forces of Nature

• Aeolian Winds: Turn knobs to control wind direction, and watch how the winds alter land formation.
• Earthquake Café: Sit at the table, select an earthquake, and feel the shake.
• Pian-O-Scope: Watch the oscilloscope as you play the keyboard.
• Twister: Watch a tornado in a tube as the winds swirl!
• What's Shakin'?: Build with blocks, then push a button to shake the table. Did your structure stay up? Try again! What makes buildings stronger?