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The glass beads that produce rainbows
Can you see a Rainbow?

Rainbows can be created when white light is refracted within prism-like water droplets and glass beads.

8+ Exhibits Exhibit
Yeast Bubbles

Is it living or non-living? Yeast breathes new life into an age-old question

6+ Experiments and activities
A fake bridge with hand rails, and lit up centre walk way.
Stressed Out Bridge

Amounts of stress within a structure can be observed and measured using polarised light and filters.

6+ Exhibits Exhibit
Black or White?

For some science experiments, the explanation isn’t black and white, but in this case, it is!

7+ Experiments and activities
A red exhiibit table with white infomation panels on the table top, sits in front of a green and a blue wall. On the table sits two steel frames at right angles to one another with mirrors and air gaps inbetween them.
Mirror or Window

The human brain can be confused if visual signals do not match physical signals.

8+ Exhibits Exhibit