Physical address:
210 Hancock St.
Ithaca, New York.
Exhiblets!
Unique contraptions, made of available materials, that evoke unusual phenomena, awaken the senses, stir curiosity, and promote a need to tinker.
Exhiblets encourage playful, hands-on learning by converting common objects into uncommon sensory experiences. They inspire curiosity, creativity, sustainability, and wonder, demonstrating how ordinary things can be repurposed in fun, useful, and imaginative ways.
- An exhiblet is surprising. It explores a scientific phenomenon, inspiring delight and further learning even after multiple uses.
- An exhiblet is approachable. It requires no special knowledge and is accessible for individuals of different ages (and groups, when possible).
- An exhiblet is interactive. It involves physical manipulation and experimentation that reward both short and long engagements.
- An exhiblet is reproducible. It can be assembled easily from low-cost materials that are inexpensive and widely available.
- An exhiblet is honest. It doesn’t hide what it’s made of. It shows off its guts.
- An exhiblet is fixable. It can be easily maintained and easily repaired, preferably by the person who broke it.
Exhiblets are cool!
We partnered with Community Science Workshops and the Exploratorium to create these scrappy science projects that can be built on a shoestring budget with ordinary tools and materials.
Click on an Exhiblet to learn more!
