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Job Sheet:
The Brooklyn Children’s Museum page 1 of 2
 Brooklyn, NY

Exhibit: “Sounds Around”:
Other Developement Team Members: Chip Jefferies(Design 29), Kathy McLean.

Ear Bones Model: This was a sound activated working model of the inner ear. The Visitor is prompted to: “Make loud sounds and see what happens.” As noise is made, the bones go into motion, and send a series of LEDs chasing up to the brain. After the exhibit closed,  we made the component into a portable unit that could be brought out on a cart for group programs. It was particularly popular with hearing impaired visitors.
 

The Amazing Human Voice: This whimsical model was made out of two fireplace bellows for lungs and a broken balloon for vocal chords. A doorknob tweaked the balloon and flapped the tongue to change the noise the visitor could make.

Exhibit: “Dr. Dimension and the Rulers of The Universe”:
Other Development Team Members: Kathy McLean, Peter Shrope, Stephanie Ratcliff.

Light to Heavy: The visitor is asked to ...“Put the blocks in order from lightest to heaviest”. When the “Check” button is pressed, the blocks in the wrong positions are ejected back into the bin. When they are all correct, a bell and rotating flashing light go bananas for a few seconds, and then all the blocks are automatically reset back into the bin.

Speedway: When the visitor moves a car out of the “pitstop” area, lights begin to go on one at a time. The lights stop when the car gets back to the “pitstop”. A reset button resets the lights.

Balancing Act: This component was another abstract way to measure time. When the visitor starts to balance on one foot, balls float up the wall, down a ramp, around a whirly thing and collect in a row. The visitor measures how long they can balance with the balls in the row. When the visitor falls, the balls stop rising and the row automatically reset.

Exhibit: “The Mystery of Things”
Other Developement Team Members: Kathy McLean, Beverly Serrell, Peter Shrope, Richard Roach, Stephanie  Ratcliff.

What Is It Made Of?: Six “Pepper’s Ghost” units display collection objects. When a knob is turned, the image the Visitor sees dissolves into the raw materials the object is made of. The knobs for this device were custom machined alluminum set into 3” bearings.

Seeing Patterns: The Visitor is asked to match weave patterns on blocks with actual baskets on display. When the “check” button is pressed, any incorrect ones are ejected back into the bin. When they are all right, the lights flash and then all the blocks are reset back into the bin.

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