You stand in this Plexiglas-roofed curved hallway, and every so often a 'wave' comes, dumping water on the roof.
Same exhibit, from the outside. You can see the wave is actually just a bunch of water getting dumped out of a tube above the glass ceiling. On the first pic you can see the entrance a little underwater viewing dome dome that usually has at least one kid in it.
The old version of this exhibit was pretty cool too...the 'wave' is similar to what it is now, but it started behind a set of rocks and would jet out from a small hole in the rocks, spraying mostly in the tank, but getting a few kids sprinkled.
Splash Zone Water Play Area:
When I was little I'd spend hours playing here. The first image is of a water flow pool: there are jets and gates, and the rock in the background will create a 'wave' every so often. Kids love to try and get each other wet with the jets. The second image is the signs above the play area. The third image is an area with another wave-gate, and a whole bunch of walls that pivot to create channels or tidepools. Kids sometimes build mazes and 'race' plastic fish down channels.
A Lesson in Signage:
The aquarium recently installed an exhibit on global warming, but fell short of their usual standards.
I visited on a rather busy day, so the fact that I could take a picture of this wall without anyone in it shows how ignored it was.
Turning around 180 degrees shows you why...an exhibit full of flamingos is beyond the sea of people.
The only two more informational exhibits that were getting any attention were these two. The one on the left is a mock kitchen. There's a lady talking about electricity 'vampires'...like chargers left in the socket with no device...from inside the cabinet. The other one is a call to action...people pledge to drive less or eat locally or ___ then the computer takes their picture and a character with your face goes up on the big screen.
For all the water power people...what NYC is doing...
I visited on a rather busy day, so the fact that I could take a picture of this wall without anyone in it shows how ignored it was.
Turning around 180 degrees shows you why...an exhibit full of flamingos is beyond the sea of people.
The only two more informational exhibits that were getting any attention were these two. The one on the left is a mock kitchen. There's a lady talking about electricity 'vampires'...like chargers left in the socket with no device...from inside the cabinet. The other one is a call to action...people pledge to drive less or eat locally or ___ then the computer takes their picture and a character with your face goes up on the big screen.
For all the water power people...what NYC is doing...
Games:
A board game
A matching game
Random Stuff
Building into the environment
Electronic, multilingual information boards and looking at the thing the sign references
Calls to action...information about projects, and a mail-your-senator table
Cool ways to locate information...
There was more than just lunch in the picnic basket
I don't know how much the kid was learning, but he sure liked opening the door of the baby bottle.
Taking closer looks at common objects...though pretty hard to open
Signs can be made out of texture, and rubbings make good ways to literally take stuff home
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