Traverse City Kids Fun - Great Lakes Children's Museum

Fluids 101

Fluids 101 is a must-see at the Great Lakes Children’s Museum. It’s a 6′ x 20′ hands-on, open-ended experiment with water. The possibilities for learning are limited only by the imagination.

In this exhibit, guests of all ages interact directly with flowing water by channeling and redirecting it in endless ways, investigating how changing direction affects flow rates, creating standing waves and eddies, moving water over and around obstacles, conducting races and much more. Fluids 101 provides excellent opportunities for inquiry-based experimentation, for solitary explorers, or teams who cooperate to achieve a goal or compete to see whose water course will be fastest (or slowest). Plus, it’s just plain fun! Who doesn’t love getting wet?

(Bring along an extra shirt! Waterproof smocks are available BUT some water-workers play with such enthusiasm that they get quite wet.)

Fluids 101 was funded by a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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