Experiments
Racing headfirst through a wall, riding rodeo on a gyroscope, running forwards without getting anywhere, searching for mysteriously disappearing visitors … the most amazing phenomena are waiting to be investigated at 300 different stations!
It's all about finding out for yourself just how fascinating nature (and natural science) really is – from A for aeronautics to Z for zoology.
Have you ever seen dancing hedgehogs?
This artwork by David Durlach works with magnetic fields. Magnets are covered with very fine iron powder. The exhibit also contains many tiny coils of wire. When electricity flows through them, they become magnetic, changing the pattern of the magnetic field. This makes the iron powder “dance”.
Is it dangerous to touch lightning?
The glass globe contains a mixture of inert gases at low pressure. There is a high-voltage electrode in the centre which passes electicity through the gas and makes it glow. The glowing gas is called “plasma”. The hand of the discouverer acts like a lightning conductor and draws the stream of plasma towards him/her.
Here you get the phæno-guide (German)
