Past Exhibit Examples

John Deere             

Participants measured the power needed to

pull the machinery through wet sand.                                        

Origin Design

Origin Design brought a hands-on activity for kids to

be able to use Lego duplos to build a retaining wall and

see if their design collapses / fails . This activity is designed

to get kids thinking about designing. How high of a wall

can they build? How can we backfill to give stability?                      

IMEG

Participants were challenged to build the tallest tower out of paper.

Girls Scouts

Participants worked together to build a straw building with

the local girls scouts.

ISG                      

ISG had participants build towers out of foam blocks.

Structural stability was determined utilizing a fan to

withstand a horizontal wind force.

East Penn               

By using Snap Circuits, East Penn had

participants wire various items to replicate

the flow of energy in a battery.                                                     

Community

Bank of Oelwein      

Participants participated in a ring toss using pop bottles.

Place on top of bottles were various coin amounts.

Participants were asked to calculate the total.  If correct,

the participant won a prize.                                                        

Viking Pump

Participants operated various pumps with Viking Pump. 

When the water reached the top, the column lit up. They

also brought moving pump demos and examples of liquids that they pump. 

John Deere

Participants welded with a virtual reality tool.

Geater (GMM)

Participants measured the diameter of a circle utilizing different tools.

John Deere

Participants measured the power needed to pull the

machinery through wet sand.

Fusion Products

Participants operated on the computers to test their

knowledge of measuring by playing a ruler

game with Fusion Products.

Bodine Electric

Bodine Electric had participants build low voltage (5 volts) electric motors.

Engineering Services

and Products

Engineering Services and Products had a demonstration

on hydroponic growing, and an activity of building

structures out of spaghetti and marshmallows.

Regional Health

Services of

Howard County      

Regional Health Services of Howard

County used an Ipad and a 12 inch

platform to show participants all the

different part of the body that they

used during their jump.                                                            

NICC Nursing 

Participants navigated various syringes

by pulling water out of a bowl and measured

the liquid in the syringe.

MercyOne

MercyOne operated a small ultrasound

machine to view their arteries and veins.

University of

Iowa Medical

UI Health Care provided interactive

medical activities. Activities included;

laparoscopic surgery. Kids had the

opportunity to try their hand at

minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery.

Paramount

Ambulances

Paramedic teaches participants

about all the different medical

equipment that is used during their job.

Ideal Chiropractic

Children had the opportunity to create a

spine out of noodles with Ideal Chiropractic.

Fayette Co.

Sheriff Department  

Fayette Co. Sheriff Dept. examined

technology utilized by law enforcement.                                           

Winneshiek Co.

Sheriff Department

The kids were be able to watch K9

demonstrations and meet K9 "McCoy." 

They were also be given a tour of the squad car

and got to see the latest equipment and

technology used in law enforcement.                                   

Dubuque Police

Participants explored a Dubuque Police

Department patrol vehicle.

Waterloo Fire &

Rescue

Participants were able to test out their

firefighter skills  with rope rescue

equipment and a demo called

"HazMat ID Mass Spectrometer" with

the Waterloo Fire and Rescue.

Black Hawk Co.

Soil & Water

Conservation        

Black Hawk Co. Soil & Water Conservation

brought a soil erosion rain fall simulator

and an Enviroscape watershed

model on display

to teach students about the connection

between stormwater, soil erosion,

water quality, and what they can do

to help protect water in our community.                                         

Girls Scouts

By using toothpicks and gum drops, participants

created a model of a cube.                                                        

Iowa Public Television

Participants replicated shapes using tangrams.

Upper Iowa University

Participants operated a GoPro camera and a

Wacom tablet to test their graphic design skills.

UNI STEM

Participants were involved in an investigation

to find the missing mascot using chromatography.