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Jonah
Scitech has had one in operation for almost 12 years. We call it a
cooperative learning experience because, to get the ball flow working
well, you need to have 4-8 kids working in partnership. Basically there
are a number of workstations involving augers, carousels, conveyor belts
etc - we have a massive mining industry in Western Australia so we have
tried aligning the processes with mining to attract sponsorship. This
exhibit sits in our 3-7 year old area and is very popular. Based on the
cooperative nature, we have built a construction site alongside
involving ramps, pulleys, wheelbarrows and rubber bricks where kids
build a wall together. Both are hugely popular and I will send you some
photos off-line.
Based on the success in the 3-7 year old area, we are currently in the
process of installing the general public version which involves bowling
balls being worked around an enclosed track - it is very impressive. I
will include a picture of that exhibit being erected and can followup in
a week or so when it is complete.
Paul
Paul Nicholls
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Sent: Thursday, 2 August 2007 4:30 AM
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Subject: Re: Ball Machines
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First, thanks for showing more restraint than I would have when
including a subject line about balls.
In any case... I'm not totally sure what you speak of with these ball
machines. The type where balls roll around on a Rube-Goldberg-esque
track? You can find those at the St. Louis Science Center and the Strong
Museum Rochester), and I think Gizmo Exhibits manufactures one.
Stuff with moving around those plastic, ball-pit balls... there's a part
of the San Jose Children's Discovery Museum's excellent waterplay
exhibit called "The Ball-cano." And the Omaha Children's Museum has a
monstro-cool looking exhibit called the Super Gravitron. Kids move the
balls up into an overhead bin via various mechanical means (pulleys, air
pressure, a big screw etc) and eventually the bin opens, dropping all
the balls on folks.
You've got... oh, never mind,
Jonah Cohen
Outreach & Public Programs Manager
The Children's Museum
"It is Man's indominatable nature to scare himself silly for no good
reason!"
-Calvin and Hobbes
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Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:17 PM
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Subject: Ball Machines
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All ya'll:
I am looking for information on ball machines. I don't know what else to
call them. These are the interactives where you learn a process by
moving plastic balls [the kind used in ball pits]. I.e. Orange picking,
apple picking, or a water pump.
At the Orlando Science Center you pick oranges.
In Richmond, you pick apples.
At the Bob the Builder traveling exhibit you move "water" at the water
pump. [This was produced by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.]
I am assuming that the examples sited above are all custom built.
However, if anyone has sources for hardware it would be greatly
appreciated.
I am also looking for examples of similar exhibits [photographs].
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
John Kelton
256.883.6067
256.603.9165 cell
KeltonDesign
Exhibits | Graphics | Planning
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