Explore the fundamental forces and building blocks that shape our universe in Exploration Zone!
Explore the fundamental forces and building blocks that shape our universe in Exploration Zone! Discover the unique properties of elements and the roles they play in our everyday experience, then dive into the physics associated with Newton’s Laws of Motion. Through hands-on, minds-on activities, you’ll investigate momentum, speed, atoms, and more as science comes vividly to life around you.
Exploration Zone offers a dynamic, hands-on journey through the worlds of physics and chemistry. Throughout the exhibit, kids are given opportunities to explore topics such as matter, motion, force, gravity, and friction. Plus, they can delve into more complex topics like transfer of momentum, collisions, chain reactions, angular momentum, transformation of potential energy into kinetic, projectile motion, and more. From early learners just starting to explore matter and motion to older kids learning about chemistry and physics, Exploration Zone has a variety of avenues for discovery and experimentation.
Can you solve puzzles using information you’ve learned about the elements?
Line up a series of dominoes in a line, then knock them over in a chain reaction! How long a train can you build?
Spina golf ball down our giant funnel that models a gravity well. How many times will it make it around before it drops?
Roll balls down The Spiral.
Make a ball jump at the Ski Jump.
Spin a ball through Loop-the-Loop.
Explore the Matter Factory sensory wall.
Experiment with gravity at the Gravity Well.
Bounce a ball into a hole on Ricochet.
Build a domino train at the Dominoes Table.
Try to knock down a wall at Build to Last.
Explore collisions at Colliders.
Use physics to beat the puzzles at Osmo Newton.
Examine angular momentum as you test tops at the TopsTable.
Try to get a disc to spin on its edge at the Turn Table
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