EXHIBIT GROUPS:

curves

light and color

reflection

perception and illusion

patterns and symmetry

(motion and energy)


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NEW TRIER CONNECTIONS PROJECT
New Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois

Motion and Energy
(actual & perceived)

The following Connections projects involve the concepts of energy and/or motion. In some cases the motion is real. In other cases the exhibits deal with false human perception of motion.

  1. Dancing Curves
  2. Fluid Conic
  3. Hand Battery (web-page under construction)
  4. Laser Spirograph
  5. Multi-Dimensional Shadows
  6. Newton's Cradle
  7. Phi-Phenomenon
  8. Plasma Displays
  9. Rotating Moire Patterns (That's a Moire!)
  10. Sand Patterns (Pit & Pendulum)
  11. Squirming Palm
  12. String Thing & Standing Waves
  13. Swing-n-Bob
  14. Witch's Caldron

Click on the blue underlined titles for descriptions, pictures and construction directions for each exhibit.