Silage Beach Silage Beach, an artwork by Mowry Baden, provides an environment that fools one's sensory perceptions. Visitors step inside a cylindrical, rotating tent-like structure made up of vertical strips of white and orange vinyl, and sit down on a stool they find inside. The rotating tent offers no visual cues, and after a short time, visitors often feel that they themselves are rotating, rather than the tent. The tent-like structure is supported by a silage chute, providing a clue to the name of the work.

Dumbbell Gyroscope This Gyroscope, unlike most others, allows the addition or subtraction of angular momentum because of its two wheels. When the wheels are spun in the same direction, their combined motions add, when spun in opposite directions, they can cancel if spun to the same speed. To demonstrate precession, a sliding weight provides an adjustable but constant force for experimentation. The exhibit is mounted on a table which is in turn mounted on a set of casters. When the gyroscope is spun up and the sliding weight is set for no precession (in the middle), the exhibit can be moved arouond the museum floor and it will not change its spatial orientation (much).

Magnetic Globe Visitors pour magnetic sand over this earth model and observe the particles lining up, demonstrating the earth's magnetic fields. A compass can be held against different points on the globe, showing the relationship between the earth's magnetic field and the navigational properties of compasses.

Finding Latitude The visitor uses a model of the earth situated in a half dome of the heavens to explore how the angle of the North Star can be used to determine latitude in the Northern Hemisphere.

Draw the Maze Upon exiting the Navigation Maze, visitors try to draw the path they just took. They can retrace their steps to check the accuracy of their mental map, or post the drawings on the back side of the exhibit and see how thety compare with others' maps.