Science Museum Exhibit Preview

We were invited to preview an exhibit at the Science Museum recently. They are studying how people interact with the exhibit before it goes live; tweaking how the materials are laid out, how any instructions are displayed, etc.

There were several work tables and many boxes full of appealing building materials like ramps, wood blocks and wedges, clamps, rope, pulleys, wheels, buckets, balls; plus random things like whisks and metal dustpans. The idea was the materials might be put together in a Rube Goldberg-like construction. We hadn’t scheduled ourselves enough time to really get into it before closing time, but it was still fun to see what the kids came up with.

I also met a few of the nice exhibits folks, which was a treat!

This was a fun exhibit–especially for older kids–& I look forward to it going live.