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...most popular exhibit seems to be a zigzagging channel of water that acts as a slide, transporting sponges and submarines from one tank of water to another...
...first exhibit shows a group of three tin washtubs standing one above the other, with water flowing from the top one down to the bottom in waterfall fashion. Plastic lobsters and fuschia rubber fish make their way down the tanks until the children figure out how to pump the water back up to the top tank again...
...spend alot of time with that exhibit showing the kids which sponge floats faster, a dry one or a wet one, and which channel will flow in which direction," says another member of the museum staff. "We're teaching them about physics without actually using that word. They don't really know they are learning...
...third exhibit uses clear hoses and wooden parts to demonstrate the mechanism of a well that Eaton says was fashioned in Africa. "This is how they use gravity to get water in certain parts of Africa," she says. "They move the wheel against gravity and pump the water up to a certain height, and then it falls. See? The children wouldn't be able to see that if the hoses were opaque or green or something. The clear ones demonstrate a natural fact...
...further the children's education, the Summer Splash exhibit has also invited special guest appearances of folk singers, dancers and even a "bubbleologist" to demonstrate the properties of water...