Artists & Educators
Austin Children’s Museum
Air Fair To Go: A Traveling Exhibit Program
You can’t see it. You can’t always feel it, but air is at work all around us. It is invisible except when it affects something else. This traveling set of exhibits proves that air can also be a lot of fun to investigate! 3 hands-on components make science touchable and allow visitors to playfully discover the powers and properties of moving air.
September
Ruiz Branch, 1600 Grove Blvd., 78741; (512) 974-7500
Each Air Fair hands on activity program will include two of the demonstration activities listed below.
- Science activities...
- Plane Smarts—Experiment with different materials for creating airplanes and see which flies the best.
- Bernoulli's Box of Tricks—Try 4 different experiments that explore Bernoulli's Principle. (Experiments include Ball in Cone, Dancing Balloons, Rolling Cans and Windtubes!)
- Air lift—See how it is possible for you to lift a heavy book with just your breath.
- Rocket Balloons—A participant favorite! But do you know how they work?
- Pinwheels—Make and decorate your own.
- Kid Powered Jet—Use your breath to power a kid made jet.
- Super Loops and Rocket Tubes—Build and learn about 2 different flying objects.
- Whirly Twirlers and Helicopters—Build and learn about 2 flying objects that use propellers.
- Balloon Racer—Send a racing character on a balloon racing down a line.
- Penny Parachute—Build a parachute and learn how it works.
- Hovercraft—Build a miniature hovercraft and learn how it works.
- Straw Paintings—Learn about air pressure while creating a work of art.
- Boomwhackers—Perfectly tuned tubes for your musical pleasure. Learn how to play them and how they work.
- Crafts with a little science...
- Streamer Rings—Learn about air and how it affects different materials while creating a fun craft.
- Wind Chime—Learn about sound and air movement while creating a fun craft.
- Wind Sock—Learn about air and how it affects different materials while creating a fun craft.
Visit http://www.austinkids.org/exhibits/airfair2go.htm for more information.
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