Redwood Discovery Museum

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.

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.
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  Tornado
  A demonstration of a vortex in the form of a tornado.
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  Magnetism
  A demonstration magnetism replete with magnetic solids, sand, and liquids.

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.
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  Numbers
  A game featuring the first five digits of the Roman, Mayan, Chinese, and Greek number systems as wooden pieces.
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  Brachistochrone
  A brachistrochrone race demonstrating the fast path between two points under the force of gravity.
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  Inspirograph
  An upcycled spirograph made from bicycle parts.
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  Pythagorean
  A physical demonstration of the Pythagorean Theorem using liquid.