Exhibit Description Key Themes Subject Areas Innovation Factory Exhibits about wheels Wheel Racer Roll sets of tapered wheels along a track to demonstrate physics, mechanics, Physics forces & motion – how train wheels roll along train tracks. The shape of machines, wheels, track, (inertia, gravity, push, pull, wheels determines how well they follow different shaped rolling, circumference, rim acceleration) tracks. Technology Weights and Wheels Wheels spin differently depending on whether their physics, mechanics, Physics forces & motion – mass is distributed around the rim, the centre, or evenly machines, wheels, mass, (inertia, gravity, push, pull, across the whole wheel. A wheel's rotational inertia rotational inertia, acceleration) changes when its mass is mostly located near the centre flywheels Technology or near the rim. Innovation Factory Exhibit Description Key Themes Subject Areas Exhibits for early childhood and problem solving Topple Table Children under 6 years build with wooden blocks on a early childhood, centre of Physics forces & motion – fixed or unstable tabletop and experiment with centre of mass, problem solving, (inertia, gravity, push, pull, mass. open ended, early acceleration) childhood, tot spot, building, wooden blocks Wall Maze Attached tubes along a wall and roll a ball through the problem solving, open Physics forces & motion – tubes. This exhibit encourages problem solving and ended, early childhood, (inertia, gravity, push, pull, open ended play, using processes similar to scientific tot spot, building, ball run, acceleration) enquiry. maze Technology
Innovation Factory Exhibits about wheels Exhibit Description Key Themes Subject Areas Wheel Racer Roll sets of tapered wheels along a track to demonstrate how train wheels roll along train tracks. The shape of wheels determines how well they follow different shaped tracks. physics, mechanics, machines, wheels, track, rolling, circumference, rim Physics – forces & motion (inertia, gravity, push, pull, acceleration) Technology Weights and Wheels Wheels spin differently depending on whether their mass is distributed around the rim, the centre, or evenly across the whole wheel. A wheel's rotational inertia changes when its mass is mostly located near the centre or near the rim. physics, mechanics, machines, wheels, mass, rotational inertia, flywheels Physics – forces & motion (inertia, gravity, push, pull, acceleration) Technology Innovation Factory Exhibits for early childhood and problem solving Exhibit Description Key Themes Subject Areas Topple Table Children under 6 years build with wooden blocks on a fixed or unstable tabletop and experiment with centre of mass. early childhood, centre of mass, problem solving, open ended, early childhood, tot spot, building, wooden blocks Physics – forces & motion (inertia, gravity, push, pull, acceleration) Wall Maze Attached tubes along a wall and roll a ball through the tubes. This exhibit encourages problem solving and open ended play, using processes similar to scientific enquiry. problem solving, open ended, early childhood, tot spot, building, ball run, maze Physics – forces & motion (inertia, gravity, push, pull, acceleration) Technology
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