Inside a giant guitar
We had a field trip to MOXI today. MOXI is a local interactive children’s museum which recently opened. Here’s a description from the museum’s website:
The highly interactive exhibits that you will explore and play with at MOXI were designed in partnership with the award-winning Gyroscope, Inc. and created by Creative Machines, Roto and the Science Museum of Minnesota. Leave your expectations about exhibits at the door and get ready to discover, play and engage in a new way at MOXI. Our three floors are filled with loads of interactive experiences, organized around seven themes that all relate to science, technology, engineering, arts and math. A day spent at MOXI will be different each time you visit – with new things to see, new approaches to take, new challenges to solve and new discoveries to uncover.
Indeed, there was A LOT to do! This field trip served as merely an introduction, so don’t be surprised if your child asks to return with your family!
A student constructs a racecar
Students experiment with an exhibit which allows the visitor to see the vibrations of guitar strings
Visible guitar string vibration patterns
Students experiment with a marble run
Using a water pump
Building block towers
Students control a large marble by trying to be calmer than their opponent
We found our school’s tile on the walkway in front of the museum!