Redwood Discovery Museum partners with ENGR215 Introduction to Design in order to exhibit projects that engage 8-12 years old children and their parents in a safe, exciting, and educational way. In this page you will find all of this projects.
Fall 2022[edit | edit source]
The Fall 2022 semester of ENGR215 Introduction to Design worked with Redwood Discovery Museum to design and build learning exhibits without any screens for K-8th youth at their Eureka, CA location.
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Archimedes screw and pulleys
A demonstration of screws and multiple pulleys. -
Tornado
A demonstration of a vortex in the form of a tornado. -
Magnetism
A demonstration magnetism replete with magnetic solids, sand, and liquids.
Fall 2017[edit | edit source]
The Fall 2017 semester of ENGR215 Introduction to Design worked with Redwood Discovery Museum and the Humboldt Math Fest to and build learning exhibits without any screens for K-8th youth at their Eureka, CA location.
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Xylophone
A demonstration physical relationships between wavelength and sound. -
Numbers
A game featuring the first five digits of the Roman, Mayan, Chinese, and Greek number systems as wooden pieces. -
Brachistochrone
A brachistrochrone race demonstrating the fast path between two points under the force of gravity. -
Inspirograph
An upcycled spirograph made from bicycle parts. -
Pythagorean
A physical demonstration of the Pythagorean Theorem using liquid.
