Located in The Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Gallery, this totally interactive physics gallery replaced Networks on Level 2.
Experiment, observe, test your ideas and see what happens when you put your hands on science! Humans are naturally curious and the science of observation helps us understand the natural world around us, how things work and why.
Lie on a bed of more than 1,000 nails! Buckle up and race to the top in a pulley chair. Gather your friends and find your advantage using a giant lever for a two-sided tug-of-war. Experience the invisible forces of electromagnetism as objects move before your very eyes! Build your own circuits. Experiment with a prism to split white light into its different wave lengths and combine them to form different colors. And more!
Located on Level 2.
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What can you do in Get Charged Up!:
Bed of Nails - Lie down on a bed of nails! With more than 1,000 nails, each nail supports only a fraction of your weight so the nails won’t hurt you.
Featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday, Mar. 6 at 3 p.m. on Channel 12 - WATCH THE VIDEO! Check out more science that Steve Spangler brings to Ellen at www.stevespanglerscience.com.
Giant Lever - Learn how levers give us a mechanical advantage in this giant game of tug-of-war. It’s not about how hard you pull the rope, but where.
Pully Power - Buckle up and go for a ride in one of our three new chairs.
Color Mixing - Experiment with a prism to split white light into its different wave lengths and combine them to form different colors.
Electromagnetic Workbench - Experience the invisible forces of electromagnetism as objects move before your very eyes!
Electric Circuits - Build your own circuit and explore the science behind basic electrical components, voltage, current, polarity and Ohm’s Law.
What's Happening in Get Charged Up!
(Demonstrations occur throughout the day, not every demonstration will be daily—please refer to the demonstration board upon arriving to the Center for that day’s schedule)
