Looking for some ideas for things to mess around with at home? Try one of these MESS Hall To Go activities.
Math of Multiples Trick Astound your friends with your ability to guess their number. |
Coffee Cup Pendulum Can physics keep the cup from hitting the table? |
Precarious Forks Amaze everyone with this feat of balancing forces |
Hand to Hand This touch illusion is sure to surprise! |
Blowing out Candles No breath needed to extinguish! |
Celery Colors Investigate plant stems |
One Brick: Exponential Growth The power of doubling |
Candy Colors The beauty of diffusion |
Cup Challenge A robotics concept with cups, string and rubberbands |
Disappearing Penny |
Capillary Action Explore materials and forces with water |
Don’t Let It Spread Modeling infectious disease with an interactive game |
Map the Coast Modeling with pen and paper |
Pinhole Viewer A simple contraption models properties of light |
Smiling George Washingon A $1 illusion! |
Pocket Solar System |
Solar Motion Build a model to explain the seasons |
Strawberry DNA Extract and examine actual DNA at home |
T-shirt Challenge A unique, full-body puzzle |
Tower of Hanoi A classic puzzle, developed for playing at home |
Curiosity Captured Nicole
This series of videos features Nicole, a MESS Hall educator, learning more about a variety of science topics.
Electricity
Polymers