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-Visitor’s CommentExplora's Permanent Exhibits
Gravity
Engineering Gravity / La ingeniería de la gravedad
Experiment with balls and ramps to slow down the effects of gravity. How can you use friction, slope, and momentum to send a marble down a ramp on a pegboard wall?
Electricity
Charges, Currents, and Circuits / Descargas, corrientes y circuitos
Experiment with electricity. How can you make electricity? What does electricity need in order to flow and do the work we want it to do? What happens to electricity transmitted over a distance? How does a switch work? Can you make a light bulb turn on with only two wires?
Bubbles
Curious Bubbles/ Burbujas Curiosas
Investigate properties of bubbles. From micro bubbles to giant bubbles and everything in between. Will your bubbles stack? Which size of bubble will float for the longest amount of time?
Paradox Café
Paradox Café/ Café de las Paradojas
Explora puzzles and test your eyes with optical illusions.
Water
Water of Life; Life of Water / Agua de la vida; La vida del agua
Explore water and its unique characteristics. Is water sticky? Can it flow uphill? What patterns will water make when different objects interrupt its flow?
Water Flow Patio
Outdoor water exhibits. These exhibits are a little bit wetter than our indoor water exhibits, and offer just as many possibilities for experimentation and investigation into the intriguing properties of water. Can you build a dam out of LEGO® DUPLO® blocks? What happens when you pump water into a water tower that’s ten feet tall? Can you move a solar panel so it powers a fountain of your own design?
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Air
Moving Air / Aire en movimiento
Experiment with air and the things it can do. What happens when you squeeze air? What is the best way to cut a paper cup to help it fly? Is there a relationship between air speed and air pressure?
Knee-Hi Sci
Knee-Hi Sci
Hands-on area specifically designed for our youngest visitors to safely engage.
Math
Math Moves! / ¡Movidas matemáticas!
Get a feel for proportion – fractions, ratios, similarity, scaling, and percentages. Can you balance weight the same way you balance an equation? Why might a 120-tooth gear create a 5-segmented pattern when driven by a 24-tooth gear? What might the pattern be when a 36-tooth gear drives the 120? How do the locations of a weight or of pivot points change the force needed to lift a lever?
Light and shadow
Light, Shadow, Color / Luz, sombra, color
Investigate light. Can you make light bounce? What affects how much light will bend? What makes things focused or blurry? What makes a shadow big or small? What produces a yellow shadow?
Rotary Pavilion
The Rotary Pavilion
How would you build something you can sit inside? What can you transport using a wheelbarrow, a basket, or a 20-foot conveyor belt? In our “Working Together to Build a Village” exhibit area, tabletop and large-scale materials invite experimentation with architecture design, engineering, and construction. Families can build together, while enjoying a view of the Sandia Mountains.
Studio Inventivo
Studio Inventivo/ Estudio Inventivo
Design, create, and share in Explora’s new makerspace. Build with real tools and materials as you explore the current theme.
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