AirPlay Blows through the Hall

Press Release

AirPlay Blows through the Hall
1-04-09

Queens, N.Y. – It’s invisible but it’s everywhere. It’s air and it can do amazing things. It roars, whistles, whispers and gusts, sometimes with enormous results. Air is powerful enough to change Earth’s surface and carry you around the world.

The New York Hall of Science invites you to begin your air adventure on February 14, 2009 when the dynamic interactive exhibition AirPlay comes to New York.

Full of hands-on fun and minds-on learning, AirPlay’s 10 exciting interactive exhibits allow learners of all ages to explore the properties – and power – of air.

Through a set of highly interactive exhibits visitors develop an intuitive understanding of how air moves, how moving air affects objects in its path, and how, in turn, objects affect the movement of air. AirPlay allows visitors to do the following and more!

Experience what it feels like to be hit with a cannonball of air with "Air Cannon"
See how air propels objects through what might be the world’s longest vacuum cleaner hose
Discover how moving air changes the landscape in “Aeolian Landscape”
Challenge someone to a “race" then drop your small ball through a one of two blowholes to see which ball travels the equal distanced path first
Juggle with air in “Ball Floaters”
Sail a flotilla of model boats across a tabletop from the force created by a bank of fans
Find out how the twists and turns of ductwork affect the air movement in the “Air Maze”

Specifically designed to foster interaction among family members and groups of peers, AirPlay encourages visitors to make discoveries about air both in active and subtle ways.

The exhibition closes May 10. AirPlay was developed through a grant from the National Science Foundation to the Montshire Museum of Science and TEAMS (Traveling Exhibits at Museums of Science) collaborative.

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