These exhibits and more will be on view as part of Earth, Wind, Inspire.

Tornado
A ten-foot tall interactive air vortex-a tornado -- is made visible by a fine mist! The vortex of air continually changes shape in response to the surrounding air currents. These fluctuations give the tornado an erratic, totally authentic feel. Visitors are encouraged to alter the shape of the tornado with their hands. The calm, central core is clearly evident.

Confused Sea
Get lost in a storm. Air blowing over the surface of water inside a large plastic hemisphere mimics the action of the wind over the ocean by generating waves. The waves slowly change and build until the entire volume of water is circling as one wave. Adjust the speed of the air blower and influence the building of the waves!

Turbulent Orb
As the vessel spins, the fluid displays intricate flow patterns suggestive of an atmosphere. Swirls of fluid, resembling hurricanes, appear and dissolve as the Orb slowly rotates. Even when the sculpture is left undisturbed, the fluid continues to create ever-changing patterns for many hours.

Avalanche
Experience how aspects of earth falls under gravity by playing with an intricately cascading landscape of black sand. The formation of miniature deep ravines, steep mountainsides and liquid-like flowing avalanches are viewable in real time, in a way that is identical too, but impossible to see all at once, in nature.

Center of Gravity
Experiment with how things fall under earth's gravity with the basic materials of a long stick, your thumb and index finger.

Coriolis Fountain
Discover why hurricanes spiral around on the earth in this mesmerizing demonstration of straight line motion where little jets of water represent the clouds of hurricanes, in combination with circular motion.

Pendulum Snake
This snake of ten pendulums of different lengths points to the ways that earth pulls down on us with the force of gravity - in this case, ten pendulumns of different lengths that start out swinging together, but end up very differently.

Anti-Gravity Mirror
Double one side of yourself at an otherwise ordinary freestanding mirror and you can freely float or fly.

Everyone Is You and Me
This window/mirror allows you to mix your own reflection with somebody else's. Put your nose on your brother's face - and get confused by playing at the intersection of reflected and non-reflected light.

Duck into Kaleidoscope
This kaleidoscope has three mirrors but only one angle: they form an equilateral triangle with three equal sides and three equal angles. Each mirror reflects the images of the other two - meaning you see yourself seemingly into infinity.