Hands-On Exhibits

NEW EXHIBITS
In this our 12th year, we are opening two new science exhibits which were made possible by an Honorarium Grant from GE Transportation Systems in recognition of GE CEO John Dineen and his wife, Gina. These exhibits will explain aerodynamics and were developed buy OMSI, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
Both of these exhibits are designed for fun. for interaction, for education and for challenge from the youngest visitor to the more seasoned visitor. We are proud to be a partner with GE Transportation Systems as we learn about the why's and how's around us.

The AIR SORTER EXHIBIT aids children with problem solving, predicting, and cooperation to make the foam balls come out when you expect. Kids will watch in amazement as they insert the balls into the various openings, then delight with glee as the balls shoot through the assortment of hoses and at last watch them pop out of the maze of pipes. This exhibit encourages children to experience characteristic of air and discover that air can be directed by the youngest to the oldest child. the more they work with the foam balls and the hoses the better they become at determining how long it takes the balls to pop out.
	The two-sided AIR TOSS EXHIBIT will help children understand and then discover the characteristic of air and how it affects objects (aerodynamics) as they experiment with the assortment of air-powered activities. On one side children will insert foam balls into vertical air chutes and be amazed as the balls shoot out into a catch basket. as they love to the other side, they are able to use air hoses to power a range of activities from pinwheels to pan pipes to inflatable balloons.

CURRENT EXHIBITS

The Toybox - Visit the Eriesistible Toy Box, see toys your mom and dad used to play with. Many are available for children to play with too.

Eriesistible Toy Box

The Toybox

The Train

Exhibit - Groteman's Express lets children push buttons to make the train run.
*A plaque is mounted by the train in memory of Ray Groteman.

The Train

Bubble Machine - Children can surround themselves inside a bubble by pulling the cord on this exhibit.

Get inside a bubble with the bubble machine

Bubble Machine

Circles & Cycles - Make your own stream at the Bulldozer table.

Sand and trucks create hours of enjoyment

Bulldozer Table

Vibrator Feeder - Take a piece of macaroni or beans and place it on the tray and watch it vibrate to the end and drop off. Feel the vibration!

Vibrator Feeder

X-Ray Machine - Children can look at real x-rays donated by St. Vincent's and see bones.

x-rays donated from St. Vincent's Hospital

X-Ray Machine

Anti-Gravity Mirror - Stand up, look in the mirror and you will look like you are suspended in air!

Kristy looking in the anti-gravity mirror - see her feet?

Anti-Gravity Mirror

Water Table - Toy ducks, boats and sharks are some of the things that float down the water table. Children can set up channels using blue blocks making different water pathways.

Children can set up waterways for boats and other toys

Water Table

Right Brain Drawing - Children open a window and draw what they see. Once each window is opened they will have drawn a cartoon of a clown or tulip upside down.

Right brain drawing

Right Brain Drawing

Radar Rooster - Do you know the safest thing to do in a forest fire, earthquake, volcano or hurricane? Test your natural disaster IQ on this interactive computer program.

Radar Rooster

Water Wonders - Mike checks on our fish to make sure they are healthy. See many different fish and fire-bellied toads.

Mike and our water wonders

Water Wonders

Ball Maze - Children place the squares in various slots on the board and watch where the ball travels down the maze.

Ball maze

Ball Maze

Recycle Michael - Put a can in his hand, press the button and watch Recycle Michael throw the can in a Blue container.

Recycle Michael teaches with fun

Recycle Michael

Crazy Creatures - What does an owl eat for dinner? Dissect an owl pellet to find out.

Barnyard Owl
Owl pellets

Crazy Creatures

Bedrock Cave - Walk into a magnificent cave and discover stalactites, stalagmites, glowing rocks and fossilized remains of extinct animals. Can you find the drawings on the cave walls?

Bedrock Cave

Plasma Ball - Touch the ball and the pink light will follow your fingers.

Watch the pink light follow your fingers

Plasma Ball

Recycle Station - Pull the rope and see how much 1 person throws away in a day, a week, and a month. Then head over to our recycle table and make a craft.

Recycle station


Arts & Crafts - Hours of enjoyment with crayons, paint, paper and glue.
	Art Craft Table

expERIEnce Theater - You are what you wish to be while performing on the ExpERIEnce Theater. Be a musician, a puppeteer, even a firefighter.
	expERIEnce Theater

Communication Table - Two children sitting at this table describing shapes and colors to one another.
	Communication Table

Puppet Show - Dolls and hand puppets in the fingers of a child with an imagination makes for laughter and fun.
	Puppet Show
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Face Painting- Sit down in front of the clown mirror and paint your face with a special crayons that wash off with soap and water.
	Face Painting
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Kids Corner Store - Let's go shopping! Get a basket and play money, shop in our corner grocery store. Can you gather food groups from all 4 food groups?
	Kids Corner Store

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Little House Under Construction - Measure floor space, build up a brick wall, or play house.
	Little House
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Innovation Station - Make something out of our many nuts and bolts..
	Innovation Station

presents the Healer Within Exhibit.

Skelteon on a bike

Skeleton on a bike

This is an exhibit that encourages a sequential experience, reflecting an emphasis on anatomy, structure, and function. At the entry point children will experience a virtual reality station where they can become a white blood cell and can follow along as the cell travels the body. Their next step will be a skeleton on a bike where they can press buttons to make a skeleton ride a bike. The next station is the "Cancer Defender" area where they will be able to use a computer game to gain energy to use against their fight with cancer cells. The "Wentzscope" is a microscope that focuses in on how different body cells are infected with different diseases.