From Here To There at the Buffalo Museum of Science
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The Buffalo Museum of Science is on the move. Ride a hovercraft to experience air pressure; float a boat to experiment with air flow. Lift, launch and levitate your way through hands-on exhibits to explore how things move by land, sea and air. Experiment with hands-on exhibits that make learning about gravity, friction, and the laws of motion fun!
From Here to There consists of fun, interactive exhibits that are color-coded and divided into three main categories: transportation by land, sea and air. Each exhibit is designed to spark conversation and encourage interaction among families, friends and other museum visitors. Visitors can turn up the heat to launch a colorful hot air balloon, operate an authentic canal lock system to move a boat from one water level to the next, and experiment with pneumatics, pulleys, hydraulics and levers to see what kind of mechanical advantage works best.
One hundred feet of Air Tubes allow visitors to send colored balls in a rushing channel of air from one station to another. Visitors can watch the balls as they dart across walls, over their heads, and appear at the other station in record time.
From Here To There features a number of hands-on exhibit stations:
WaterWays
Operate an authentic canal lock system as you move your boat through different water levels.
Earthmovers
Discover how simple machines help move things in this bead-pit construction site. Using ramps, buckets, and scoops, children can lift and load beads into a dump truck and move the loads around! This exhibit is designed to appeal to toddlers and preschoolers.
Set Sail
Glide sailboats through the water by changing the rudder and sail positions. Change the wind direction for a new challenge as you try to reach the next port.
Hovercraft
Sit down, settle in and fly through the air on this amazing hovercraft. Ride on a cushion of air that lets you twist, turn, and travel with ease across the floor.
Mini Hovercraft
Accompanying interactive component lets you explore how air pressure makes a hovercraft work.
Up, Up, and Away
Turn up the heat to help this beautiful balloon take to the skies.
Wing Thing
See how changing air flow affects the movement of wings. Challenge yourself to see if you can make the wing more stable or make it hover in one place. Create your own experiments to make the wing flutter, float, or soar.
Give It a Lift
Experiment with different forms of mechanical advantage as you lift identical weights using hydraulics, levers, pneumatics, and pulleys. Try each one to see how it makes your work easier!• pulleys• levers• pneumatics• hydraulics
Mag-Lev
Discover how trains float in the air and travel at amazing speeds through magnetic levitation. Explore the potential of transportation using magnetic forces, and decide for yourself if this is the future of travel.
Air Tubes
Send colored balls through tubes from one place to another in a rushing channel of air. Watch balls zoom and snake through the exhibition gallery, going up the walls and over your head to your friends at the other station.
Feel the Friction
Experience the forces that effect how things move across land, and water. Try moving different weights across dirt, along train tracks, or through the water. Which one takes less effort?• a boat on water• a train on tracks • a cart on a rough road
Start Your Engines!
Explore the inside of important machines that do everything from power our cars and airplanes to lawnmowers and snowblowers.
October 23, 2010 - January 9, 2011
Included with Buffalo Museum of Science admission and FREE for Museum Members!
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