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Innovation Factory Exhibits about pneumatics Exhibit Description Key Themes Subject Areas Amazing Air A team of people use pneumatic pistons and problem solving skills to roll a ball through the tilting maze. Pneumatic pistons use air to lift and lower heavy things. physics, mechanics, machines, pneumatics, pistons, air, pressure, force, area Physics – air pressure & fluid mechanics (hydraulics & aerodynamics) Technology Pascal's See Saw Push down the narrow piston and how the attached, wider piston moves, due to transferred pressure and force over an area. Changing the area or the pressure increases or decreases the force and the amount of work that can be done. physics, mechanics, machines, pneumatics, hydraulics, pistons, air, pressure, area Physics – forces & motion (inertia, gravity, push, pull, acceleration) Physics – air pressure & fluid mechanics (hydraulics & aerodynamics) Technology Pump it Up One narrow and one wide piston are pumped up to lift masses to a certain height. These show how pressure applied over an area generates a force that can do work. Changing the area or the pressure increases or decreases the force. physics, air, pressure, force, area, pneumatic, pistons, maze, team work, Physics – forces & motion (inertia, gravity, push, pull, acceleration) Physics – air pressure & fluid mechanics (hydraulics & aerodynamics) Technology Innovation Factory Exhibit Description Key Themes Subject
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