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Exhibit Services: Aeolian Landscape (Clip)
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Aeolian Landscape is an exhibit in which a miniature wind-swept desert landscape is recreated by an electric fan and finely ground sand that mimics the process of wind picking up and depositing small particles. Visitors can change the direction of the fan, influencing the shape of the dunes.
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Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: art, aeolian, exhibit, ned kahn, wind, sand, dune, simulation
Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: art, aeolian, exhibit, ned kahn, wind, sand, dune, simulation
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Exhibit Services: Balancing Ball (Clip)
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At the Balancing Ball exhibit, a plastic beach ball floats mysteriously several feet above a large plastic cone. Upon closer inspection, the ball is found to be floating on a stream of air blowing out of the cone; visitors interact with the ball, changing its position in relation to the air flow.
Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ball, air, airflow, float, stream, exhibit
Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ball, air, airflow, float, stream, exhibit
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Exhibit Services: Chaotic Pendulum (Clip)
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The Chaotic Pendulum exhibit contains a deceptively simple set of pendulums in a steel and Plexiglas case. The visitor twists a protruding knob, expecting the resulting motion to be fairly predictable. But the device's motion is chaotic, extremely complicated and long-lived.
Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: pendulum, chaos, motion
Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: pendulum, chaos, motion
| QuickTime: 285K |
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