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