Interactive stations offer opportunities for all ages—especially adults and older children—to engage with the forces that govern our planet:

• Pull Yourself Up—Experiment with mechanical advantage by raising themselves up using different pulley systems.
• Blast Off—Manipulate air pressure to launch rockets.
• Twist it Up—Create a funnel similar to those created by wind in a tornado.
• Tug of War—Use a lever to gain a mechanical advantage.
• Take to the Sky—Use a model airplane or bird to explore the forces of flight.
• Super Charged—Take an inside look at lightning.
• Sinking Feeling—Explore what happens when solid soil becomes liquid through liquefaction.
• Shake it Up—Harness the power of an earthquake to explore building engineering.
• Spin Out—Test the power of centripetal force and friction by experimenting with objects on a turntable.
• Defying Gravity—Use balls and flowers to explore air pressure and lift.
• Up, Up and Away—Experiment with aerodynamics using objects of different shapes and sizes.
• Into the Vortex—Explore gravitational pull and planetary orbits with balls, coins and a funnel.
• Explosive Earth—Use melted wax to form a shield volcano.

Cost: Free with museum admission and CityPASS. Members free. 

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