How Clear is YOUR television?

This exhibit demonstrates how the difference in 2 resolutions can greatly affect the image that’s created. Resolution is how many pixels there are in a display. The more there are the higher the resolution. A higher resolution image is smoother and has more detail. Resolution is measured in how many pixels are horizontal by how [...]

Coffee and Creamer – the experiment!

Motion Mania is the name of our brand new exhibit opening June 20th!  In order to get familiar with the science concepts in Motion Mania, try this …  We have a simple and easy to do experiment for you to try, one that you can actually conduct TODAY.
Supplies:

Coffee (skip out on the mocha latte’s, just [...]

Do try this at home!

Have you ever looked through a spectroscope?  Learn how to make one at home!  Check out our video link:

A spectroscope, and the pattern of colors you see inside the container is called a spectrum. Visible light from the sun is actually made up of many different colors, or frequencies, of light. [...]

Jacob’s Ladder

If you haven’t already, check out one of the newest exhibits out on the floor (or more accurately, in the entrance): Jacob’s Ladder. This sci-fi (think: Gene Wilder’s laboratory in Young Frankenstein) inspired exhibit takes its name from the biblical story describing Jacob’s vision to build a ladder to heaven. In the case of our [...]

How long can you keep it spinning?

Does this remind you of the earlier post on the chaotic pendulum?

What is the relationship between the chaotic pendulum and the turntable?

Ice Balloons

Building our own Kelp Forest!

We started building our kelp forest by establishing a proper base, or the sea floor.  We built up from then, trying to convey a flourishing and healthy kelp bed.  Join us in our process:

Special thanks to our resident artist

Can you find order in chaos?

We have a Chaotic Pendulum exhibit!
How very appropriate, some might say…

Thanks to the Exploratorium for this image

At one point, myself and another interpreter tried to test this theory. We conducted all 100 trials on a quiet summer morning and before each trial, we would attempt to predict where the pendulum would end.  Is there order [...]

Would you like to experience gravity?

How does gravity work?  Is gravity…
a. Fancy science jargon that doesn’t mean much
b. The name of my new pet hissing cockroach
c. A newly introduced character on “Lost”
d. the attractive force between objects that have mass

Right now at the Fleet (until May 3rd, 2009), YOU can EXPERIENCE gravity.  We have an interactive [...]

Where are the exhibits for adults?

Science Learning for All Ages: Locating Adult Exhibits at a Science Center
 
A question asked from time to time, particularly from our older visitors is, “Where are the exhibits for adults?”  Whenever I’ve been approached by a visitor with this question it has generally been during a time when the galleries are teeming with hundreds of [...]