Marketing Kit

Marketing Kit

Table of Contents

Exhibit info

Fact sheet

Description with photos

Press Materials

Sample press releases (long and short)

Sample descriptions (25 50 75 100 words)

Press samples

Logos

Required Credit Lines

Advertising Materials

Radio scriptsspots (on CD)

Print ads (on CD)

Building banners

Outdoor media

Marketing Kit

Table of Contents

Exhibit info

Fact sheet

Description with photos

Press Materials

Sample press releases (long and short)

Sample descriptions (25 50 75 100 words)

Press samples

Logos

Required Credit Lines

Advertising Materials

Radio scriptsspots (on CD)

Print ads (on CD)

Building banners

Outdoor media

DESIGN ZONE - EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION

What does it take to create a video game line up rhythms like the best DJs or design a roller coaster that

produces the biggest thrills In Design Zone visitors can go behind the scenes and see how video game

developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers use math to do

the amazing things they do Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale

slope and ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Design Zone is

bull A nontraditional experiential approach to math focusing on math concepts as a tool to create and invent

everything from hip-hop to skate parks

bull A means to promote innovation and build math literacymdashessential for careers in the 21st centurymdashby

directly connecting mathematical concepts to real-life experiences

bull A substantial professional development program for host museums designed to leave a lasting impact on

education and interpretive staff

Design Zone is organized into three highly interactive thematic areas highlighting the relationship between

mathematical thinking and the creative process in art music and engineering Each thematic area draws

visitors into compelling scenes of music production videogame development and extreme sports that

directly and experientially relate mathematical concepts to environments and activities attractive to the

target demographic of ages 10-14 and their families Visitors solve real-world challenges and discover that

math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos a fundamental creative tool that we have to design and invent

Music Art Action

Art Area-See It Digital Design Architecture Studio Videogame Design Creative inspiration may come from anywhere but whether itrsquos digital design architecture or video games

visual designers use mathematical thinking to turn ideas into reality In this area you design your own 2-D

and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity Math concepts include visual patterns scale and

proportional reasoning coordinate grids equality rate of change and slope

Digital Design Explore the math of visual patterns

Mirror Multiplier

Make your pattern grow Many visual designs depict

reflectional rotational or translational symmetry In

this exhibit you can explore reflectional symmetry using

colorful geometric pieces and a hinged pair of mirrors

Try to match several challenge images or create your

own designs How many reflections do you get when the

mirrors are at 45 degrees How about 60 degrees

Picture Calculator

Take a picture of yourself and manipulate the values of the pixels to

transform your photo Highlight a part of your image and then use a

calculator-like interface to create simple functions that transform the

highlighted section of the gray scale image You can choose a project from

a gallery and create certain visual effects such as heightened contrast or

a negative image or come up with your own transformations in Free Draw

Drawing in Motion

Coordinate grids help web designers

organize visual information architects

create scale drawings and video game

designers plot the movement of objects

across a screen In this full body iconic

experience you and a partner become the

designers as you move large sliders along

number lines to manipulate a digital ldquopenrdquo

and draw on a monitor display Choose a

challenge image and trace a line art

masterpiece on a giant screen As you and

your partner work together to create

images you will discover the math behind

the concept of slope

Architecture Studio Use math to design and build in three dimensions

Balancing Art

Mobiles balance because of a relationship

between the weights on each side of the balancing

rod and their distance from the center of the

fulcrum of the rod Discover the math behind

mobiles as you create your own balancing art from

colorful pieces Try one of the challenges or create

your own design

Build a Wall Build a Plaza Build a Tower

Choose your challenge and test your abilities to continue a

pattern in three dimensions as you try building a wall a

tower a plaza or a tower from custom printed architectural

blocks

Build a Wall

Build a Plaza

Build a Tower

Videogame Design Discover the algebra designers use to model virtual worlds and create on-screen action

Marble Maze

Video game designers use algebra to create games with the

right feel and level of challenge Now its your turn Start with a

simple marble maze game controlled by a giant tilt table The

goal of the game is to navigate the maze avoid the black holes

and roll over stars to collect points A simple equation

relates the size of the holes the bounciness of the marble and

the number of points per star Adjust the variables and design a

game that gives you the highest score

Jump on It

For a video game designer creating motion in a virtual world

involves knowing how variables like jump power and gravity

interact This game is similar to many classic arcade games

Choose a character select a scene and adjust the jump power

and gravity to find out how these variables affect your

characterrsquos jump height Land on platforms collect stars and try

to complete all four jump challenges Every challenge level

presents a new engaging environment including a fish tank

under the sink under the deck and a freezer

Hit the Target

Video game designers have to

model real world motionmdashlike balls

flying through the airmdashto make their

games more realistic and fun

Graphs and equations help them do

that In this full-body experience

you can launch a ball in the air and

attempt to hit a target while

learning more about the

relationship between release angle

and distance traveled Adjust the

release angle of a ball and try to hit

a series of lighted targets Targets

are laid out in a straight line from

the catapult with a number line

alongside to indicate distance Can

you hit six in a row Use a graph to

improve your accuracy

Music-Hear It DJ Recording Studio On Stage Dance Party Go behind the scenes and put together music tracks at a DJ recording station design and play instruments

that reflect the mathematical relationships between length and pitch and create a laser light show to get

your friends dancing Math concepts include rhythmic patterns ratios and proportional thinking

DJ Recording Studio Explore the math behind rhythm and music

Drum Machine

When mixing a new song DJs have to think about the

number of beats in each music track and how they line up

with each other Now you can try Pick the sounds and the

number of repeats for a two-beat track a three-beat track

and a four-beat track See if you can get all three tracks to

end on the same beat Press the play button to hear your

new song

Music Mix

Youve created music with the rhythm tracks in the Drum Machine exhibit

Now try out your music production skills by putting together actual music

samples Choose your samples select the number of repeats for each and

try to match the total number of beats to a pre-recorded rhythm track Pick

your best song and e-mail it to your friends

Turntables

How does a DJ

move seamlessly

between two songs on the turntables It takes math

DJs can only mix songs together if they have the

same beats per minute slowing down or speeding up

songs to make the beats match Practice your DJ

skills on these simulated turntables Pick a

challenge Yoursquoll hear one song through the speakers

and the next song through a mono headphone Use a

graph of beats per minute to help you adjust the

tempos up or down until they match Then make the

transition as smoothly as a professional

Sound Graph

What does sound look like Talk sing or whistle into a

microphone and see the sound displayed on a colorful real-

time graph of pitch over time Try making sounds to match

specific graph shapes See how graphs can help you

visualize musicmdashlike the light shows used at concerts and

DJ dance parties

On Stage Wow the audience with these wacky instruments

Whack-a-Phone

By whacking tubes of different lengths you

can make music The length of the tube

determines the pitch Try playing one of the

mystery songsmdashthe only catch is the notes

are represented as a graph showing the

corresponding tube lengths See if you can

name that tune

Digital Strings

This electronic instrument uses the relationship between string

length and pitch to create music the longer the string the

lower the note Adjust the lengths of eight virtual strings and

then push a button to hear your musical pattern Lighting

effects make the strings

Slide-a-Phone

Herersquos another twist on a tube

instrument This time you adjust

the overall length of the tubemdash

and thus the pitch of the sound

While one person beats on the

drumhead the other slides the

tube to play different notes Try

playing one of the mystery songs

represented by a graph of tube

lengths Then press the applause

button and take a bow

seem to vibrate as they play

Dance Party Create a mathematical light show that pumps up the crowd

Laser Light DJ

Discover how laser light show

technicians create mesmerizing patterns

with just two rotating mirrors and a

single laser Using a real laser you can

change the ratio of how fast one mirror

moves relative to the other to create

Lissajous patterns mdashthe basis for many

laser light show effects

Light Show DJ

Now that youve had some training at the Laser Light DJ put your skills to the test Youre in the control

booth at a virtual concert Your challenge put together laser light patterns to match the music and get your

friends dancing Like a popular dance video game challenge patterns appear on screen moving towards you

Create the right patterns at the right time and the virtual crowd goes wild

Action-Move it Theme Park amp Action Sports Arena Things that move are subject to laws of physics The way we understand those laws are through math In this

area you explore the algebra behind movement and speed as you build a custom digital roller coaster

design your own skate park and race your bike to the finish line Math concepts include mathematical

relationships describing movement representing change over time ratios and proportional thinking slope

and linear equations

Theme Park Get the ball rolling and find out what it takes to create roller coaster thrills

Roller Coaster Hills

All roller coasters start with a hill and the first step in roller coaster

design is to understand the relationship between hill height and

distance traveled Start a ball rolling down a ramp from a certain

height How far does it fly off the end of the ramp If you want it to

go twice as far how much higher do you need to start the ball You

might be surprised

Design a Roller Coaster

In this computer graphing simulation you can design

and test virtual roller coaster tracks and discover the

how hill height affects speed Take on the role of a roller

coaster designer and test one of your companyrsquos latest

designs But wait a minute theres something wrong

The coaster doesnrsquot work as designed Your job is to

redesign each track to get the coaster safely through a

series of hills loops and corkscrews at specified

speeds--with maximum thrills

Fast Tracks

Variety is an important element of a

thrill ride Roller coaster designers try

to create tracks so that the coaster

travels at different speeds during

different points in the ride This giant

magnet wall lets you create and test

your own roller coaster course Your

challenge is to construct a course that

will send the coaster through a series

of speed gates at specific speeds

Heres a hint its all about the

relationship between hill height and

speed Assemble your track start the

ball rolling and watch your roller

coaster in action

Action Sports Arena Explore the math behind bike snowboard and skateboard design

Bike Race

Experience a full-body bike race

Choose from 3 bike stations including

one of two recumbent bicycles or a

hand crank Once the race starts

watch your progress on a graph of

distance over time Who will cross the

finish line first The race continues

until each player has finished At the

end of the race you have the option to

try another course

Design a Skate Park

Skate parks can be modeled as a series of mathematical lines and

curves In this computer game you manipulate the slope and length

of ramps to create essential skate park features Test your design

with a virtual skater and ride the course Depending on your design

the skater might make it all the way through or crash against a ramp

thatrsquos too steep

Testing Gears

How many wheel turns does it take to go the distance

Feel the difference between the forces needed to perform

work with three different gear combinations on two hand

cranks Compete with a friend and find out who can go

furthest in a 20- second time trial Just like on a bike

some gear ratios require more work than others Which

ratio gets you your personal best

Designing for Speed

Release the gate and start the timer

Discover the effect of weight distribution

on the speed of a rotating wheel as you

test a series of wheels on a downhill

course of two parallel tracks Some

wheels have the weight distributed near

the hub others near the rim Discover

how much time it takes each wheel to

get to the bottom of the tracks Which

wheel is fastest Weigh your wheel on

the scale provided and confirm that it is

mass distribution and not total mass

that influences rolling time

Environmental components In each thematic area there is a contextual tower in which slideshows of images relative to the particular

area are presented These images reinforce the concept of innovation and design A portable reusable

whiteboard is also provided in the exhibit allowing facilitators to write their ideas and solutions

Thematic area slideshow towers

Graphic image walls

Graphic image towers

DESIGN ZONE was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry This exhibit was made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant

Exhibition Descriptions

(74 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do and math is behind it all Behind

every dance mix therersquos a beat Behind every thrill ride therersquos velocity Behind every

half-pipe therersquos a vert ramp Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design

concepts become real world experiences in the arts entertainment and extreme sports

Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat rollercoaster skate park video

game and more

(48 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Design Zone uses hands-on

activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts

entertainment and extreme sports Get behind the scenes and create your own skate

park dance beat rollercoaster video game and more

(25 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Get behind the scenes and

create your own skate park dance beat rollercoaster and more

Short Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos

NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many

beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes

behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest

thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller

coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos

new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum)

through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a

variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a

successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting

the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity

and innovation art music and engineering

The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National

Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum

of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Art Area-See It Digital Design Architecture Studio Videogame Design Creative inspiration may come from anywhere but whether itrsquos digital design architecture or video games

visual designers use mathematical thinking to turn ideas into reality In this area you design your own 2-D

and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity Math concepts include visual patterns scale and

proportional reasoning coordinate grids equality rate of change and slope

Digital Design Explore the math of visual patterns

Mirror Multiplier

Make your pattern grow Many visual designs depict

reflectional rotational or translational symmetry In

this exhibit you can explore reflectional symmetry using

colorful geometric pieces and a hinged pair of mirrors

Try to match several challenge images or create your

own designs How many reflections do you get when the

mirrors are at 45 degrees How about 60 degrees

Picture Calculator

Take a picture of yourself and manipulate the values of the pixels to

transform your photo Highlight a part of your image and then use a

calculator-like interface to create simple functions that transform the

highlighted section of the gray scale image You can choose a project from

a gallery and create certain visual effects such as heightened contrast or

a negative image or come up with your own transformations in Free Draw

Drawing in Motion

Coordinate grids help web designers

organize visual information architects

create scale drawings and video game

designers plot the movement of objects

across a screen In this full body iconic

experience you and a partner become the

designers as you move large sliders along

number lines to manipulate a digital ldquopenrdquo

and draw on a monitor display Choose a

challenge image and trace a line art

masterpiece on a giant screen As you and

your partner work together to create

images you will discover the math behind

the concept of slope

Architecture Studio Use math to design and build in three dimensions

Balancing Art

Mobiles balance because of a relationship

between the weights on each side of the balancing

rod and their distance from the center of the

fulcrum of the rod Discover the math behind

mobiles as you create your own balancing art from

colorful pieces Try one of the challenges or create

your own design

Build a Wall Build a Plaza Build a Tower

Choose your challenge and test your abilities to continue a

pattern in three dimensions as you try building a wall a

tower a plaza or a tower from custom printed architectural

blocks

Build a Wall

Build a Plaza

Build a Tower

Videogame Design Discover the algebra designers use to model virtual worlds and create on-screen action

Marble Maze

Video game designers use algebra to create games with the

right feel and level of challenge Now its your turn Start with a

simple marble maze game controlled by a giant tilt table The

goal of the game is to navigate the maze avoid the black holes

and roll over stars to collect points A simple equation

relates the size of the holes the bounciness of the marble and

the number of points per star Adjust the variables and design a

game that gives you the highest score

Jump on It

For a video game designer creating motion in a virtual world

involves knowing how variables like jump power and gravity

interact This game is similar to many classic arcade games

Choose a character select a scene and adjust the jump power

and gravity to find out how these variables affect your

characterrsquos jump height Land on platforms collect stars and try

to complete all four jump challenges Every challenge level

presents a new engaging environment including a fish tank

under the sink under the deck and a freezer

Hit the Target

Video game designers have to

model real world motionmdashlike balls

flying through the airmdashto make their

games more realistic and fun

Graphs and equations help them do

that In this full-body experience

you can launch a ball in the air and

attempt to hit a target while

learning more about the

relationship between release angle

and distance traveled Adjust the

release angle of a ball and try to hit

a series of lighted targets Targets

are laid out in a straight line from

the catapult with a number line

alongside to indicate distance Can

you hit six in a row Use a graph to

improve your accuracy

Music-Hear It DJ Recording Studio On Stage Dance Party Go behind the scenes and put together music tracks at a DJ recording station design and play instruments

that reflect the mathematical relationships between length and pitch and create a laser light show to get

your friends dancing Math concepts include rhythmic patterns ratios and proportional thinking

DJ Recording Studio Explore the math behind rhythm and music

Drum Machine

When mixing a new song DJs have to think about the

number of beats in each music track and how they line up

with each other Now you can try Pick the sounds and the

number of repeats for a two-beat track a three-beat track

and a four-beat track See if you can get all three tracks to

end on the same beat Press the play button to hear your

new song

Music Mix

Youve created music with the rhythm tracks in the Drum Machine exhibit

Now try out your music production skills by putting together actual music

samples Choose your samples select the number of repeats for each and

try to match the total number of beats to a pre-recorded rhythm track Pick

your best song and e-mail it to your friends

Turntables

How does a DJ

move seamlessly

between two songs on the turntables It takes math

DJs can only mix songs together if they have the

same beats per minute slowing down or speeding up

songs to make the beats match Practice your DJ

skills on these simulated turntables Pick a

challenge Yoursquoll hear one song through the speakers

and the next song through a mono headphone Use a

graph of beats per minute to help you adjust the

tempos up or down until they match Then make the

transition as smoothly as a professional

Sound Graph

What does sound look like Talk sing or whistle into a

microphone and see the sound displayed on a colorful real-

time graph of pitch over time Try making sounds to match

specific graph shapes See how graphs can help you

visualize musicmdashlike the light shows used at concerts and

DJ dance parties

On Stage Wow the audience with these wacky instruments

Whack-a-Phone

By whacking tubes of different lengths you

can make music The length of the tube

determines the pitch Try playing one of the

mystery songsmdashthe only catch is the notes

are represented as a graph showing the

corresponding tube lengths See if you can

name that tune

Digital Strings

This electronic instrument uses the relationship between string

length and pitch to create music the longer the string the

lower the note Adjust the lengths of eight virtual strings and

then push a button to hear your musical pattern Lighting

effects make the strings

Slide-a-Phone

Herersquos another twist on a tube

instrument This time you adjust

the overall length of the tubemdash

and thus the pitch of the sound

While one person beats on the

drumhead the other slides the

tube to play different notes Try

playing one of the mystery songs

represented by a graph of tube

lengths Then press the applause

button and take a bow

seem to vibrate as they play

Dance Party Create a mathematical light show that pumps up the crowd

Laser Light DJ

Discover how laser light show

technicians create mesmerizing patterns

with just two rotating mirrors and a

single laser Using a real laser you can

change the ratio of how fast one mirror

moves relative to the other to create

Lissajous patterns mdashthe basis for many

laser light show effects

Light Show DJ

Now that youve had some training at the Laser Light DJ put your skills to the test Youre in the control

booth at a virtual concert Your challenge put together laser light patterns to match the music and get your

friends dancing Like a popular dance video game challenge patterns appear on screen moving towards you

Create the right patterns at the right time and the virtual crowd goes wild

Action-Move it Theme Park amp Action Sports Arena Things that move are subject to laws of physics The way we understand those laws are through math In this

area you explore the algebra behind movement and speed as you build a custom digital roller coaster

design your own skate park and race your bike to the finish line Math concepts include mathematical

relationships describing movement representing change over time ratios and proportional thinking slope

and linear equations

Theme Park Get the ball rolling and find out what it takes to create roller coaster thrills

Roller Coaster Hills

All roller coasters start with a hill and the first step in roller coaster

design is to understand the relationship between hill height and

distance traveled Start a ball rolling down a ramp from a certain

height How far does it fly off the end of the ramp If you want it to

go twice as far how much higher do you need to start the ball You

might be surprised

Design a Roller Coaster

In this computer graphing simulation you can design

and test virtual roller coaster tracks and discover the

how hill height affects speed Take on the role of a roller

coaster designer and test one of your companyrsquos latest

designs But wait a minute theres something wrong

The coaster doesnrsquot work as designed Your job is to

redesign each track to get the coaster safely through a

series of hills loops and corkscrews at specified

speeds--with maximum thrills

Fast Tracks

Variety is an important element of a

thrill ride Roller coaster designers try

to create tracks so that the coaster

travels at different speeds during

different points in the ride This giant

magnet wall lets you create and test

your own roller coaster course Your

challenge is to construct a course that

will send the coaster through a series

of speed gates at specific speeds

Heres a hint its all about the

relationship between hill height and

speed Assemble your track start the

ball rolling and watch your roller

coaster in action

Action Sports Arena Explore the math behind bike snowboard and skateboard design

Bike Race

Experience a full-body bike race

Choose from 3 bike stations including

one of two recumbent bicycles or a

hand crank Once the race starts

watch your progress on a graph of

distance over time Who will cross the

finish line first The race continues

until each player has finished At the

end of the race you have the option to

try another course

Design a Skate Park

Skate parks can be modeled as a series of mathematical lines and

curves In this computer game you manipulate the slope and length

of ramps to create essential skate park features Test your design

with a virtual skater and ride the course Depending on your design

the skater might make it all the way through or crash against a ramp

thatrsquos too steep

Testing Gears

How many wheel turns does it take to go the distance

Feel the difference between the forces needed to perform

work with three different gear combinations on two hand

cranks Compete with a friend and find out who can go

furthest in a 20- second time trial Just like on a bike

some gear ratios require more work than others Which

ratio gets you your personal best

Designing for Speed

Release the gate and start the timer

Discover the effect of weight distribution

on the speed of a rotating wheel as you

test a series of wheels on a downhill

course of two parallel tracks Some

wheels have the weight distributed near

the hub others near the rim Discover

how much time it takes each wheel to

get to the bottom of the tracks Which

wheel is fastest Weigh your wheel on

the scale provided and confirm that it is

mass distribution and not total mass

that influences rolling time

Environmental components In each thematic area there is a contextual tower in which slideshows of images relative to the particular

area are presented These images reinforce the concept of innovation and design A portable reusable

whiteboard is also provided in the exhibit allowing facilitators to write their ideas and solutions

Thematic area slideshow towers

Graphic image walls

Graphic image towers

DESIGN ZONE was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry This exhibit was made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant

Exhibition Descriptions

(74 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do and math is behind it all Behind

every dance mix therersquos a beat Behind every thrill ride therersquos velocity Behind every

half-pipe therersquos a vert ramp Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design

concepts become real world experiences in the arts entertainment and extreme sports

Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat rollercoaster skate park video

game and more

(48 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Design Zone uses hands-on

activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts

entertainment and extreme sports Get behind the scenes and create your own skate

park dance beat rollercoaster video game and more

(25 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Get behind the scenes and

create your own skate park dance beat rollercoaster and more

Short Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos

NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many

beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes

behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest

thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller

coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos

new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum)

through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a

variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a

successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting

the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity

and innovation art music and engineering

The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National

Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum

of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Architecture Studio Use math to design and build in three dimensions

Balancing Art

Mobiles balance because of a relationship

between the weights on each side of the balancing

rod and their distance from the center of the

fulcrum of the rod Discover the math behind

mobiles as you create your own balancing art from

colorful pieces Try one of the challenges or create

your own design

Build a Wall Build a Plaza Build a Tower

Choose your challenge and test your abilities to continue a

pattern in three dimensions as you try building a wall a

tower a plaza or a tower from custom printed architectural

blocks

Build a Wall

Build a Plaza

Build a Tower

Videogame Design Discover the algebra designers use to model virtual worlds and create on-screen action

Marble Maze

Video game designers use algebra to create games with the

right feel and level of challenge Now its your turn Start with a

simple marble maze game controlled by a giant tilt table The

goal of the game is to navigate the maze avoid the black holes

and roll over stars to collect points A simple equation

relates the size of the holes the bounciness of the marble and

the number of points per star Adjust the variables and design a

game that gives you the highest score

Jump on It

For a video game designer creating motion in a virtual world

involves knowing how variables like jump power and gravity

interact This game is similar to many classic arcade games

Choose a character select a scene and adjust the jump power

and gravity to find out how these variables affect your

characterrsquos jump height Land on platforms collect stars and try

to complete all four jump challenges Every challenge level

presents a new engaging environment including a fish tank

under the sink under the deck and a freezer

Hit the Target

Video game designers have to

model real world motionmdashlike balls

flying through the airmdashto make their

games more realistic and fun

Graphs and equations help them do

that In this full-body experience

you can launch a ball in the air and

attempt to hit a target while

learning more about the

relationship between release angle

and distance traveled Adjust the

release angle of a ball and try to hit

a series of lighted targets Targets

are laid out in a straight line from

the catapult with a number line

alongside to indicate distance Can

you hit six in a row Use a graph to

improve your accuracy

Music-Hear It DJ Recording Studio On Stage Dance Party Go behind the scenes and put together music tracks at a DJ recording station design and play instruments

that reflect the mathematical relationships between length and pitch and create a laser light show to get

your friends dancing Math concepts include rhythmic patterns ratios and proportional thinking

DJ Recording Studio Explore the math behind rhythm and music

Drum Machine

When mixing a new song DJs have to think about the

number of beats in each music track and how they line up

with each other Now you can try Pick the sounds and the

number of repeats for a two-beat track a three-beat track

and a four-beat track See if you can get all three tracks to

end on the same beat Press the play button to hear your

new song

Music Mix

Youve created music with the rhythm tracks in the Drum Machine exhibit

Now try out your music production skills by putting together actual music

samples Choose your samples select the number of repeats for each and

try to match the total number of beats to a pre-recorded rhythm track Pick

your best song and e-mail it to your friends

Turntables

How does a DJ

move seamlessly

between two songs on the turntables It takes math

DJs can only mix songs together if they have the

same beats per minute slowing down or speeding up

songs to make the beats match Practice your DJ

skills on these simulated turntables Pick a

challenge Yoursquoll hear one song through the speakers

and the next song through a mono headphone Use a

graph of beats per minute to help you adjust the

tempos up or down until they match Then make the

transition as smoothly as a professional

Sound Graph

What does sound look like Talk sing or whistle into a

microphone and see the sound displayed on a colorful real-

time graph of pitch over time Try making sounds to match

specific graph shapes See how graphs can help you

visualize musicmdashlike the light shows used at concerts and

DJ dance parties

On Stage Wow the audience with these wacky instruments

Whack-a-Phone

By whacking tubes of different lengths you

can make music The length of the tube

determines the pitch Try playing one of the

mystery songsmdashthe only catch is the notes

are represented as a graph showing the

corresponding tube lengths See if you can

name that tune

Digital Strings

This electronic instrument uses the relationship between string

length and pitch to create music the longer the string the

lower the note Adjust the lengths of eight virtual strings and

then push a button to hear your musical pattern Lighting

effects make the strings

Slide-a-Phone

Herersquos another twist on a tube

instrument This time you adjust

the overall length of the tubemdash

and thus the pitch of the sound

While one person beats on the

drumhead the other slides the

tube to play different notes Try

playing one of the mystery songs

represented by a graph of tube

lengths Then press the applause

button and take a bow

seem to vibrate as they play

Dance Party Create a mathematical light show that pumps up the crowd

Laser Light DJ

Discover how laser light show

technicians create mesmerizing patterns

with just two rotating mirrors and a

single laser Using a real laser you can

change the ratio of how fast one mirror

moves relative to the other to create

Lissajous patterns mdashthe basis for many

laser light show effects

Light Show DJ

Now that youve had some training at the Laser Light DJ put your skills to the test Youre in the control

booth at a virtual concert Your challenge put together laser light patterns to match the music and get your

friends dancing Like a popular dance video game challenge patterns appear on screen moving towards you

Create the right patterns at the right time and the virtual crowd goes wild

Action-Move it Theme Park amp Action Sports Arena Things that move are subject to laws of physics The way we understand those laws are through math In this

area you explore the algebra behind movement and speed as you build a custom digital roller coaster

design your own skate park and race your bike to the finish line Math concepts include mathematical

relationships describing movement representing change over time ratios and proportional thinking slope

and linear equations

Theme Park Get the ball rolling and find out what it takes to create roller coaster thrills

Roller Coaster Hills

All roller coasters start with a hill and the first step in roller coaster

design is to understand the relationship between hill height and

distance traveled Start a ball rolling down a ramp from a certain

height How far does it fly off the end of the ramp If you want it to

go twice as far how much higher do you need to start the ball You

might be surprised

Design a Roller Coaster

In this computer graphing simulation you can design

and test virtual roller coaster tracks and discover the

how hill height affects speed Take on the role of a roller

coaster designer and test one of your companyrsquos latest

designs But wait a minute theres something wrong

The coaster doesnrsquot work as designed Your job is to

redesign each track to get the coaster safely through a

series of hills loops and corkscrews at specified

speeds--with maximum thrills

Fast Tracks

Variety is an important element of a

thrill ride Roller coaster designers try

to create tracks so that the coaster

travels at different speeds during

different points in the ride This giant

magnet wall lets you create and test

your own roller coaster course Your

challenge is to construct a course that

will send the coaster through a series

of speed gates at specific speeds

Heres a hint its all about the

relationship between hill height and

speed Assemble your track start the

ball rolling and watch your roller

coaster in action

Action Sports Arena Explore the math behind bike snowboard and skateboard design

Bike Race

Experience a full-body bike race

Choose from 3 bike stations including

one of two recumbent bicycles or a

hand crank Once the race starts

watch your progress on a graph of

distance over time Who will cross the

finish line first The race continues

until each player has finished At the

end of the race you have the option to

try another course

Design a Skate Park

Skate parks can be modeled as a series of mathematical lines and

curves In this computer game you manipulate the slope and length

of ramps to create essential skate park features Test your design

with a virtual skater and ride the course Depending on your design

the skater might make it all the way through or crash against a ramp

thatrsquos too steep

Testing Gears

How many wheel turns does it take to go the distance

Feel the difference between the forces needed to perform

work with three different gear combinations on two hand

cranks Compete with a friend and find out who can go

furthest in a 20- second time trial Just like on a bike

some gear ratios require more work than others Which

ratio gets you your personal best

Designing for Speed

Release the gate and start the timer

Discover the effect of weight distribution

on the speed of a rotating wheel as you

test a series of wheels on a downhill

course of two parallel tracks Some

wheels have the weight distributed near

the hub others near the rim Discover

how much time it takes each wheel to

get to the bottom of the tracks Which

wheel is fastest Weigh your wheel on

the scale provided and confirm that it is

mass distribution and not total mass

that influences rolling time

Environmental components In each thematic area there is a contextual tower in which slideshows of images relative to the particular

area are presented These images reinforce the concept of innovation and design A portable reusable

whiteboard is also provided in the exhibit allowing facilitators to write their ideas and solutions

Thematic area slideshow towers

Graphic image walls

Graphic image towers

DESIGN ZONE was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry This exhibit was made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant

Exhibition Descriptions

(74 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do and math is behind it all Behind

every dance mix therersquos a beat Behind every thrill ride therersquos velocity Behind every

half-pipe therersquos a vert ramp Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design

concepts become real world experiences in the arts entertainment and extreme sports

Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat rollercoaster skate park video

game and more

(48 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Design Zone uses hands-on

activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts

entertainment and extreme sports Get behind the scenes and create your own skate

park dance beat rollercoaster video game and more

(25 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Get behind the scenes and

create your own skate park dance beat rollercoaster and more

Short Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos

NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many

beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes

behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest

thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller

coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos

new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum)

through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a

variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a

successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting

the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity

and innovation art music and engineering

The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National

Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum

of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Videogame Design Discover the algebra designers use to model virtual worlds and create on-screen action

Marble Maze

Video game designers use algebra to create games with the

right feel and level of challenge Now its your turn Start with a

simple marble maze game controlled by a giant tilt table The

goal of the game is to navigate the maze avoid the black holes

and roll over stars to collect points A simple equation

relates the size of the holes the bounciness of the marble and

the number of points per star Adjust the variables and design a

game that gives you the highest score

Jump on It

For a video game designer creating motion in a virtual world

involves knowing how variables like jump power and gravity

interact This game is similar to many classic arcade games

Choose a character select a scene and adjust the jump power

and gravity to find out how these variables affect your

characterrsquos jump height Land on platforms collect stars and try

to complete all four jump challenges Every challenge level

presents a new engaging environment including a fish tank

under the sink under the deck and a freezer

Hit the Target

Video game designers have to

model real world motionmdashlike balls

flying through the airmdashto make their

games more realistic and fun

Graphs and equations help them do

that In this full-body experience

you can launch a ball in the air and

attempt to hit a target while

learning more about the

relationship between release angle

and distance traveled Adjust the

release angle of a ball and try to hit

a series of lighted targets Targets

are laid out in a straight line from

the catapult with a number line

alongside to indicate distance Can

you hit six in a row Use a graph to

improve your accuracy

Music-Hear It DJ Recording Studio On Stage Dance Party Go behind the scenes and put together music tracks at a DJ recording station design and play instruments

that reflect the mathematical relationships between length and pitch and create a laser light show to get

your friends dancing Math concepts include rhythmic patterns ratios and proportional thinking

DJ Recording Studio Explore the math behind rhythm and music

Drum Machine

When mixing a new song DJs have to think about the

number of beats in each music track and how they line up

with each other Now you can try Pick the sounds and the

number of repeats for a two-beat track a three-beat track

and a four-beat track See if you can get all three tracks to

end on the same beat Press the play button to hear your

new song

Music Mix

Youve created music with the rhythm tracks in the Drum Machine exhibit

Now try out your music production skills by putting together actual music

samples Choose your samples select the number of repeats for each and

try to match the total number of beats to a pre-recorded rhythm track Pick

your best song and e-mail it to your friends

Turntables

How does a DJ

move seamlessly

between two songs on the turntables It takes math

DJs can only mix songs together if they have the

same beats per minute slowing down or speeding up

songs to make the beats match Practice your DJ

skills on these simulated turntables Pick a

challenge Yoursquoll hear one song through the speakers

and the next song through a mono headphone Use a

graph of beats per minute to help you adjust the

tempos up or down until they match Then make the

transition as smoothly as a professional

Sound Graph

What does sound look like Talk sing or whistle into a

microphone and see the sound displayed on a colorful real-

time graph of pitch over time Try making sounds to match

specific graph shapes See how graphs can help you

visualize musicmdashlike the light shows used at concerts and

DJ dance parties

On Stage Wow the audience with these wacky instruments

Whack-a-Phone

By whacking tubes of different lengths you

can make music The length of the tube

determines the pitch Try playing one of the

mystery songsmdashthe only catch is the notes

are represented as a graph showing the

corresponding tube lengths See if you can

name that tune

Digital Strings

This electronic instrument uses the relationship between string

length and pitch to create music the longer the string the

lower the note Adjust the lengths of eight virtual strings and

then push a button to hear your musical pattern Lighting

effects make the strings

Slide-a-Phone

Herersquos another twist on a tube

instrument This time you adjust

the overall length of the tubemdash

and thus the pitch of the sound

While one person beats on the

drumhead the other slides the

tube to play different notes Try

playing one of the mystery songs

represented by a graph of tube

lengths Then press the applause

button and take a bow

seem to vibrate as they play

Dance Party Create a mathematical light show that pumps up the crowd

Laser Light DJ

Discover how laser light show

technicians create mesmerizing patterns

with just two rotating mirrors and a

single laser Using a real laser you can

change the ratio of how fast one mirror

moves relative to the other to create

Lissajous patterns mdashthe basis for many

laser light show effects

Light Show DJ

Now that youve had some training at the Laser Light DJ put your skills to the test Youre in the control

booth at a virtual concert Your challenge put together laser light patterns to match the music and get your

friends dancing Like a popular dance video game challenge patterns appear on screen moving towards you

Create the right patterns at the right time and the virtual crowd goes wild

Action-Move it Theme Park amp Action Sports Arena Things that move are subject to laws of physics The way we understand those laws are through math In this

area you explore the algebra behind movement and speed as you build a custom digital roller coaster

design your own skate park and race your bike to the finish line Math concepts include mathematical

relationships describing movement representing change over time ratios and proportional thinking slope

and linear equations

Theme Park Get the ball rolling and find out what it takes to create roller coaster thrills

Roller Coaster Hills

All roller coasters start with a hill and the first step in roller coaster

design is to understand the relationship between hill height and

distance traveled Start a ball rolling down a ramp from a certain

height How far does it fly off the end of the ramp If you want it to

go twice as far how much higher do you need to start the ball You

might be surprised

Design a Roller Coaster

In this computer graphing simulation you can design

and test virtual roller coaster tracks and discover the

how hill height affects speed Take on the role of a roller

coaster designer and test one of your companyrsquos latest

designs But wait a minute theres something wrong

The coaster doesnrsquot work as designed Your job is to

redesign each track to get the coaster safely through a

series of hills loops and corkscrews at specified

speeds--with maximum thrills

Fast Tracks

Variety is an important element of a

thrill ride Roller coaster designers try

to create tracks so that the coaster

travels at different speeds during

different points in the ride This giant

magnet wall lets you create and test

your own roller coaster course Your

challenge is to construct a course that

will send the coaster through a series

of speed gates at specific speeds

Heres a hint its all about the

relationship between hill height and

speed Assemble your track start the

ball rolling and watch your roller

coaster in action

Action Sports Arena Explore the math behind bike snowboard and skateboard design

Bike Race

Experience a full-body bike race

Choose from 3 bike stations including

one of two recumbent bicycles or a

hand crank Once the race starts

watch your progress on a graph of

distance over time Who will cross the

finish line first The race continues

until each player has finished At the

end of the race you have the option to

try another course

Design a Skate Park

Skate parks can be modeled as a series of mathematical lines and

curves In this computer game you manipulate the slope and length

of ramps to create essential skate park features Test your design

with a virtual skater and ride the course Depending on your design

the skater might make it all the way through or crash against a ramp

thatrsquos too steep

Testing Gears

How many wheel turns does it take to go the distance

Feel the difference between the forces needed to perform

work with three different gear combinations on two hand

cranks Compete with a friend and find out who can go

furthest in a 20- second time trial Just like on a bike

some gear ratios require more work than others Which

ratio gets you your personal best

Designing for Speed

Release the gate and start the timer

Discover the effect of weight distribution

on the speed of a rotating wheel as you

test a series of wheels on a downhill

course of two parallel tracks Some

wheels have the weight distributed near

the hub others near the rim Discover

how much time it takes each wheel to

get to the bottom of the tracks Which

wheel is fastest Weigh your wheel on

the scale provided and confirm that it is

mass distribution and not total mass

that influences rolling time

Environmental components In each thematic area there is a contextual tower in which slideshows of images relative to the particular

area are presented These images reinforce the concept of innovation and design A portable reusable

whiteboard is also provided in the exhibit allowing facilitators to write their ideas and solutions

Thematic area slideshow towers

Graphic image walls

Graphic image towers

DESIGN ZONE was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry This exhibit was made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant

Exhibition Descriptions

(74 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do and math is behind it all Behind

every dance mix therersquos a beat Behind every thrill ride therersquos velocity Behind every

half-pipe therersquos a vert ramp Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design

concepts become real world experiences in the arts entertainment and extreme sports

Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat rollercoaster skate park video

game and more

(48 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Design Zone uses hands-on

activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts

entertainment and extreme sports Get behind the scenes and create your own skate

park dance beat rollercoaster video game and more

(25 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Get behind the scenes and

create your own skate park dance beat rollercoaster and more

Short Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos

NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many

beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes

behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest

thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller

coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos

new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum)

through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a

variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a

successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting

the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity

and innovation art music and engineering

The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National

Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum

of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Music-Hear It DJ Recording Studio On Stage Dance Party Go behind the scenes and put together music tracks at a DJ recording station design and play instruments

that reflect the mathematical relationships between length and pitch and create a laser light show to get

your friends dancing Math concepts include rhythmic patterns ratios and proportional thinking

DJ Recording Studio Explore the math behind rhythm and music

Drum Machine

When mixing a new song DJs have to think about the

number of beats in each music track and how they line up

with each other Now you can try Pick the sounds and the

number of repeats for a two-beat track a three-beat track

and a four-beat track See if you can get all three tracks to

end on the same beat Press the play button to hear your

new song

Music Mix

Youve created music with the rhythm tracks in the Drum Machine exhibit

Now try out your music production skills by putting together actual music

samples Choose your samples select the number of repeats for each and

try to match the total number of beats to a pre-recorded rhythm track Pick

your best song and e-mail it to your friends

Turntables

How does a DJ

move seamlessly

between two songs on the turntables It takes math

DJs can only mix songs together if they have the

same beats per minute slowing down or speeding up

songs to make the beats match Practice your DJ

skills on these simulated turntables Pick a

challenge Yoursquoll hear one song through the speakers

and the next song through a mono headphone Use a

graph of beats per minute to help you adjust the

tempos up or down until they match Then make the

transition as smoothly as a professional

Sound Graph

What does sound look like Talk sing or whistle into a

microphone and see the sound displayed on a colorful real-

time graph of pitch over time Try making sounds to match

specific graph shapes See how graphs can help you

visualize musicmdashlike the light shows used at concerts and

DJ dance parties

On Stage Wow the audience with these wacky instruments

Whack-a-Phone

By whacking tubes of different lengths you

can make music The length of the tube

determines the pitch Try playing one of the

mystery songsmdashthe only catch is the notes

are represented as a graph showing the

corresponding tube lengths See if you can

name that tune

Digital Strings

This electronic instrument uses the relationship between string

length and pitch to create music the longer the string the

lower the note Adjust the lengths of eight virtual strings and

then push a button to hear your musical pattern Lighting

effects make the strings

Slide-a-Phone

Herersquos another twist on a tube

instrument This time you adjust

the overall length of the tubemdash

and thus the pitch of the sound

While one person beats on the

drumhead the other slides the

tube to play different notes Try

playing one of the mystery songs

represented by a graph of tube

lengths Then press the applause

button and take a bow

seem to vibrate as they play

Dance Party Create a mathematical light show that pumps up the crowd

Laser Light DJ

Discover how laser light show

technicians create mesmerizing patterns

with just two rotating mirrors and a

single laser Using a real laser you can

change the ratio of how fast one mirror

moves relative to the other to create

Lissajous patterns mdashthe basis for many

laser light show effects

Light Show DJ

Now that youve had some training at the Laser Light DJ put your skills to the test Youre in the control

booth at a virtual concert Your challenge put together laser light patterns to match the music and get your

friends dancing Like a popular dance video game challenge patterns appear on screen moving towards you

Create the right patterns at the right time and the virtual crowd goes wild

Action-Move it Theme Park amp Action Sports Arena Things that move are subject to laws of physics The way we understand those laws are through math In this

area you explore the algebra behind movement and speed as you build a custom digital roller coaster

design your own skate park and race your bike to the finish line Math concepts include mathematical

relationships describing movement representing change over time ratios and proportional thinking slope

and linear equations

Theme Park Get the ball rolling and find out what it takes to create roller coaster thrills

Roller Coaster Hills

All roller coasters start with a hill and the first step in roller coaster

design is to understand the relationship between hill height and

distance traveled Start a ball rolling down a ramp from a certain

height How far does it fly off the end of the ramp If you want it to

go twice as far how much higher do you need to start the ball You

might be surprised

Design a Roller Coaster

In this computer graphing simulation you can design

and test virtual roller coaster tracks and discover the

how hill height affects speed Take on the role of a roller

coaster designer and test one of your companyrsquos latest

designs But wait a minute theres something wrong

The coaster doesnrsquot work as designed Your job is to

redesign each track to get the coaster safely through a

series of hills loops and corkscrews at specified

speeds--with maximum thrills

Fast Tracks

Variety is an important element of a

thrill ride Roller coaster designers try

to create tracks so that the coaster

travels at different speeds during

different points in the ride This giant

magnet wall lets you create and test

your own roller coaster course Your

challenge is to construct a course that

will send the coaster through a series

of speed gates at specific speeds

Heres a hint its all about the

relationship between hill height and

speed Assemble your track start the

ball rolling and watch your roller

coaster in action

Action Sports Arena Explore the math behind bike snowboard and skateboard design

Bike Race

Experience a full-body bike race

Choose from 3 bike stations including

one of two recumbent bicycles or a

hand crank Once the race starts

watch your progress on a graph of

distance over time Who will cross the

finish line first The race continues

until each player has finished At the

end of the race you have the option to

try another course

Design a Skate Park

Skate parks can be modeled as a series of mathematical lines and

curves In this computer game you manipulate the slope and length

of ramps to create essential skate park features Test your design

with a virtual skater and ride the course Depending on your design

the skater might make it all the way through or crash against a ramp

thatrsquos too steep

Testing Gears

How many wheel turns does it take to go the distance

Feel the difference between the forces needed to perform

work with three different gear combinations on two hand

cranks Compete with a friend and find out who can go

furthest in a 20- second time trial Just like on a bike

some gear ratios require more work than others Which

ratio gets you your personal best

Designing for Speed

Release the gate and start the timer

Discover the effect of weight distribution

on the speed of a rotating wheel as you

test a series of wheels on a downhill

course of two parallel tracks Some

wheels have the weight distributed near

the hub others near the rim Discover

how much time it takes each wheel to

get to the bottom of the tracks Which

wheel is fastest Weigh your wheel on

the scale provided and confirm that it is

mass distribution and not total mass

that influences rolling time

Environmental components In each thematic area there is a contextual tower in which slideshows of images relative to the particular

area are presented These images reinforce the concept of innovation and design A portable reusable

whiteboard is also provided in the exhibit allowing facilitators to write their ideas and solutions

Thematic area slideshow towers

Graphic image walls

Graphic image towers

DESIGN ZONE was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry This exhibit was made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant

Exhibition Descriptions

(74 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do and math is behind it all Behind

every dance mix therersquos a beat Behind every thrill ride therersquos velocity Behind every

half-pipe therersquos a vert ramp Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design

concepts become real world experiences in the arts entertainment and extreme sports

Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat rollercoaster skate park video

game and more

(48 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Design Zone uses hands-on

activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts

entertainment and extreme sports Get behind the scenes and create your own skate

park dance beat rollercoaster video game and more

(25 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Get behind the scenes and

create your own skate park dance beat rollercoaster and more

Short Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos

NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many

beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes

behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest

thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller

coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos

new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum)

through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a

variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a

successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting

the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity

and innovation art music and engineering

The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National

Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum

of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

On Stage Wow the audience with these wacky instruments

Whack-a-Phone

By whacking tubes of different lengths you

can make music The length of the tube

determines the pitch Try playing one of the

mystery songsmdashthe only catch is the notes

are represented as a graph showing the

corresponding tube lengths See if you can

name that tune

Digital Strings

This electronic instrument uses the relationship between string

length and pitch to create music the longer the string the

lower the note Adjust the lengths of eight virtual strings and

then push a button to hear your musical pattern Lighting

effects make the strings

Slide-a-Phone

Herersquos another twist on a tube

instrument This time you adjust

the overall length of the tubemdash

and thus the pitch of the sound

While one person beats on the

drumhead the other slides the

tube to play different notes Try

playing one of the mystery songs

represented by a graph of tube

lengths Then press the applause

button and take a bow

seem to vibrate as they play

Dance Party Create a mathematical light show that pumps up the crowd

Laser Light DJ

Discover how laser light show

technicians create mesmerizing patterns

with just two rotating mirrors and a

single laser Using a real laser you can

change the ratio of how fast one mirror

moves relative to the other to create

Lissajous patterns mdashthe basis for many

laser light show effects

Light Show DJ

Now that youve had some training at the Laser Light DJ put your skills to the test Youre in the control

booth at a virtual concert Your challenge put together laser light patterns to match the music and get your

friends dancing Like a popular dance video game challenge patterns appear on screen moving towards you

Create the right patterns at the right time and the virtual crowd goes wild

Action-Move it Theme Park amp Action Sports Arena Things that move are subject to laws of physics The way we understand those laws are through math In this

area you explore the algebra behind movement and speed as you build a custom digital roller coaster

design your own skate park and race your bike to the finish line Math concepts include mathematical

relationships describing movement representing change over time ratios and proportional thinking slope

and linear equations

Theme Park Get the ball rolling and find out what it takes to create roller coaster thrills

Roller Coaster Hills

All roller coasters start with a hill and the first step in roller coaster

design is to understand the relationship between hill height and

distance traveled Start a ball rolling down a ramp from a certain

height How far does it fly off the end of the ramp If you want it to

go twice as far how much higher do you need to start the ball You

might be surprised

Design a Roller Coaster

In this computer graphing simulation you can design

and test virtual roller coaster tracks and discover the

how hill height affects speed Take on the role of a roller

coaster designer and test one of your companyrsquos latest

designs But wait a minute theres something wrong

The coaster doesnrsquot work as designed Your job is to

redesign each track to get the coaster safely through a

series of hills loops and corkscrews at specified

speeds--with maximum thrills

Fast Tracks

Variety is an important element of a

thrill ride Roller coaster designers try

to create tracks so that the coaster

travels at different speeds during

different points in the ride This giant

magnet wall lets you create and test

your own roller coaster course Your

challenge is to construct a course that

will send the coaster through a series

of speed gates at specific speeds

Heres a hint its all about the

relationship between hill height and

speed Assemble your track start the

ball rolling and watch your roller

coaster in action

Action Sports Arena Explore the math behind bike snowboard and skateboard design

Bike Race

Experience a full-body bike race

Choose from 3 bike stations including

one of two recumbent bicycles or a

hand crank Once the race starts

watch your progress on a graph of

distance over time Who will cross the

finish line first The race continues

until each player has finished At the

end of the race you have the option to

try another course

Design a Skate Park

Skate parks can be modeled as a series of mathematical lines and

curves In this computer game you manipulate the slope and length

of ramps to create essential skate park features Test your design

with a virtual skater and ride the course Depending on your design

the skater might make it all the way through or crash against a ramp

thatrsquos too steep

Testing Gears

How many wheel turns does it take to go the distance

Feel the difference between the forces needed to perform

work with three different gear combinations on two hand

cranks Compete with a friend and find out who can go

furthest in a 20- second time trial Just like on a bike

some gear ratios require more work than others Which

ratio gets you your personal best

Designing for Speed

Release the gate and start the timer

Discover the effect of weight distribution

on the speed of a rotating wheel as you

test a series of wheels on a downhill

course of two parallel tracks Some

wheels have the weight distributed near

the hub others near the rim Discover

how much time it takes each wheel to

get to the bottom of the tracks Which

wheel is fastest Weigh your wheel on

the scale provided and confirm that it is

mass distribution and not total mass

that influences rolling time

Environmental components In each thematic area there is a contextual tower in which slideshows of images relative to the particular

area are presented These images reinforce the concept of innovation and design A portable reusable

whiteboard is also provided in the exhibit allowing facilitators to write their ideas and solutions

Thematic area slideshow towers

Graphic image walls

Graphic image towers

DESIGN ZONE was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry This exhibit was made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant

Exhibition Descriptions

(74 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do and math is behind it all Behind

every dance mix therersquos a beat Behind every thrill ride therersquos velocity Behind every

half-pipe therersquos a vert ramp Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design

concepts become real world experiences in the arts entertainment and extreme sports

Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat rollercoaster skate park video

game and more

(48 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Design Zone uses hands-on

activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts

entertainment and extreme sports Get behind the scenes and create your own skate

park dance beat rollercoaster video game and more

(25 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Get behind the scenes and

create your own skate park dance beat rollercoaster and more

Short Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos

NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many

beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes

behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest

thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller

coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos

new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum)

through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a

variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a

successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting

the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity

and innovation art music and engineering

The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National

Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum

of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Dance Party Create a mathematical light show that pumps up the crowd

Laser Light DJ

Discover how laser light show

technicians create mesmerizing patterns

with just two rotating mirrors and a

single laser Using a real laser you can

change the ratio of how fast one mirror

moves relative to the other to create

Lissajous patterns mdashthe basis for many

laser light show effects

Light Show DJ

Now that youve had some training at the Laser Light DJ put your skills to the test Youre in the control

booth at a virtual concert Your challenge put together laser light patterns to match the music and get your

friends dancing Like a popular dance video game challenge patterns appear on screen moving towards you

Create the right patterns at the right time and the virtual crowd goes wild

Action-Move it Theme Park amp Action Sports Arena Things that move are subject to laws of physics The way we understand those laws are through math In this

area you explore the algebra behind movement and speed as you build a custom digital roller coaster

design your own skate park and race your bike to the finish line Math concepts include mathematical

relationships describing movement representing change over time ratios and proportional thinking slope

and linear equations

Theme Park Get the ball rolling and find out what it takes to create roller coaster thrills

Roller Coaster Hills

All roller coasters start with a hill and the first step in roller coaster

design is to understand the relationship between hill height and

distance traveled Start a ball rolling down a ramp from a certain

height How far does it fly off the end of the ramp If you want it to

go twice as far how much higher do you need to start the ball You

might be surprised

Design a Roller Coaster

In this computer graphing simulation you can design

and test virtual roller coaster tracks and discover the

how hill height affects speed Take on the role of a roller

coaster designer and test one of your companyrsquos latest

designs But wait a minute theres something wrong

The coaster doesnrsquot work as designed Your job is to

redesign each track to get the coaster safely through a

series of hills loops and corkscrews at specified

speeds--with maximum thrills

Fast Tracks

Variety is an important element of a

thrill ride Roller coaster designers try

to create tracks so that the coaster

travels at different speeds during

different points in the ride This giant

magnet wall lets you create and test

your own roller coaster course Your

challenge is to construct a course that

will send the coaster through a series

of speed gates at specific speeds

Heres a hint its all about the

relationship between hill height and

speed Assemble your track start the

ball rolling and watch your roller

coaster in action

Action Sports Arena Explore the math behind bike snowboard and skateboard design

Bike Race

Experience a full-body bike race

Choose from 3 bike stations including

one of two recumbent bicycles or a

hand crank Once the race starts

watch your progress on a graph of

distance over time Who will cross the

finish line first The race continues

until each player has finished At the

end of the race you have the option to

try another course

Design a Skate Park

Skate parks can be modeled as a series of mathematical lines and

curves In this computer game you manipulate the slope and length

of ramps to create essential skate park features Test your design

with a virtual skater and ride the course Depending on your design

the skater might make it all the way through or crash against a ramp

thatrsquos too steep

Testing Gears

How many wheel turns does it take to go the distance

Feel the difference between the forces needed to perform

work with three different gear combinations on two hand

cranks Compete with a friend and find out who can go

furthest in a 20- second time trial Just like on a bike

some gear ratios require more work than others Which

ratio gets you your personal best

Designing for Speed

Release the gate and start the timer

Discover the effect of weight distribution

on the speed of a rotating wheel as you

test a series of wheels on a downhill

course of two parallel tracks Some

wheels have the weight distributed near

the hub others near the rim Discover

how much time it takes each wheel to

get to the bottom of the tracks Which

wheel is fastest Weigh your wheel on

the scale provided and confirm that it is

mass distribution and not total mass

that influences rolling time

Environmental components In each thematic area there is a contextual tower in which slideshows of images relative to the particular

area are presented These images reinforce the concept of innovation and design A portable reusable

whiteboard is also provided in the exhibit allowing facilitators to write their ideas and solutions

Thematic area slideshow towers

Graphic image walls

Graphic image towers

DESIGN ZONE was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry This exhibit was made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant

Exhibition Descriptions

(74 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do and math is behind it all Behind

every dance mix therersquos a beat Behind every thrill ride therersquos velocity Behind every

half-pipe therersquos a vert ramp Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design

concepts become real world experiences in the arts entertainment and extreme sports

Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat rollercoaster skate park video

game and more

(48 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Design Zone uses hands-on

activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts

entertainment and extreme sports Get behind the scenes and create your own skate

park dance beat rollercoaster video game and more

(25 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Get behind the scenes and

create your own skate park dance beat rollercoaster and more

Short Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos

NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many

beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes

behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest

thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller

coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos

new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum)

through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a

variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a

successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting

the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity

and innovation art music and engineering

The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National

Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum

of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Action-Move it Theme Park amp Action Sports Arena Things that move are subject to laws of physics The way we understand those laws are through math In this

area you explore the algebra behind movement and speed as you build a custom digital roller coaster

design your own skate park and race your bike to the finish line Math concepts include mathematical

relationships describing movement representing change over time ratios and proportional thinking slope

and linear equations

Theme Park Get the ball rolling and find out what it takes to create roller coaster thrills

Roller Coaster Hills

All roller coasters start with a hill and the first step in roller coaster

design is to understand the relationship between hill height and

distance traveled Start a ball rolling down a ramp from a certain

height How far does it fly off the end of the ramp If you want it to

go twice as far how much higher do you need to start the ball You

might be surprised

Design a Roller Coaster

In this computer graphing simulation you can design

and test virtual roller coaster tracks and discover the

how hill height affects speed Take on the role of a roller

coaster designer and test one of your companyrsquos latest

designs But wait a minute theres something wrong

The coaster doesnrsquot work as designed Your job is to

redesign each track to get the coaster safely through a

series of hills loops and corkscrews at specified

speeds--with maximum thrills

Fast Tracks

Variety is an important element of a

thrill ride Roller coaster designers try

to create tracks so that the coaster

travels at different speeds during

different points in the ride This giant

magnet wall lets you create and test

your own roller coaster course Your

challenge is to construct a course that

will send the coaster through a series

of speed gates at specific speeds

Heres a hint its all about the

relationship between hill height and

speed Assemble your track start the

ball rolling and watch your roller

coaster in action

Action Sports Arena Explore the math behind bike snowboard and skateboard design

Bike Race

Experience a full-body bike race

Choose from 3 bike stations including

one of two recumbent bicycles or a

hand crank Once the race starts

watch your progress on a graph of

distance over time Who will cross the

finish line first The race continues

until each player has finished At the

end of the race you have the option to

try another course

Design a Skate Park

Skate parks can be modeled as a series of mathematical lines and

curves In this computer game you manipulate the slope and length

of ramps to create essential skate park features Test your design

with a virtual skater and ride the course Depending on your design

the skater might make it all the way through or crash against a ramp

thatrsquos too steep

Testing Gears

How many wheel turns does it take to go the distance

Feel the difference between the forces needed to perform

work with three different gear combinations on two hand

cranks Compete with a friend and find out who can go

furthest in a 20- second time trial Just like on a bike

some gear ratios require more work than others Which

ratio gets you your personal best

Designing for Speed

Release the gate and start the timer

Discover the effect of weight distribution

on the speed of a rotating wheel as you

test a series of wheels on a downhill

course of two parallel tracks Some

wheels have the weight distributed near

the hub others near the rim Discover

how much time it takes each wheel to

get to the bottom of the tracks Which

wheel is fastest Weigh your wheel on

the scale provided and confirm that it is

mass distribution and not total mass

that influences rolling time

Environmental components In each thematic area there is a contextual tower in which slideshows of images relative to the particular

area are presented These images reinforce the concept of innovation and design A portable reusable

whiteboard is also provided in the exhibit allowing facilitators to write their ideas and solutions

Thematic area slideshow towers

Graphic image walls

Graphic image towers

DESIGN ZONE was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry This exhibit was made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant

Exhibition Descriptions

(74 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do and math is behind it all Behind

every dance mix therersquos a beat Behind every thrill ride therersquos velocity Behind every

half-pipe therersquos a vert ramp Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design

concepts become real world experiences in the arts entertainment and extreme sports

Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat rollercoaster skate park video

game and more

(48 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Design Zone uses hands-on

activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts

entertainment and extreme sports Get behind the scenes and create your own skate

park dance beat rollercoaster video game and more

(25 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Get behind the scenes and

create your own skate park dance beat rollercoaster and more

Short Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos

NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many

beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes

behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest

thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller

coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos

new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum)

through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a

variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a

successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting

the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity

and innovation art music and engineering

The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National

Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum

of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Action Sports Arena Explore the math behind bike snowboard and skateboard design

Bike Race

Experience a full-body bike race

Choose from 3 bike stations including

one of two recumbent bicycles or a

hand crank Once the race starts

watch your progress on a graph of

distance over time Who will cross the

finish line first The race continues

until each player has finished At the

end of the race you have the option to

try another course

Design a Skate Park

Skate parks can be modeled as a series of mathematical lines and

curves In this computer game you manipulate the slope and length

of ramps to create essential skate park features Test your design

with a virtual skater and ride the course Depending on your design

the skater might make it all the way through or crash against a ramp

thatrsquos too steep

Testing Gears

How many wheel turns does it take to go the distance

Feel the difference between the forces needed to perform

work with three different gear combinations on two hand

cranks Compete with a friend and find out who can go

furthest in a 20- second time trial Just like on a bike

some gear ratios require more work than others Which

ratio gets you your personal best

Designing for Speed

Release the gate and start the timer

Discover the effect of weight distribution

on the speed of a rotating wheel as you

test a series of wheels on a downhill

course of two parallel tracks Some

wheels have the weight distributed near

the hub others near the rim Discover

how much time it takes each wheel to

get to the bottom of the tracks Which

wheel is fastest Weigh your wheel on

the scale provided and confirm that it is

mass distribution and not total mass

that influences rolling time

Environmental components In each thematic area there is a contextual tower in which slideshows of images relative to the particular

area are presented These images reinforce the concept of innovation and design A portable reusable

whiteboard is also provided in the exhibit allowing facilitators to write their ideas and solutions

Thematic area slideshow towers

Graphic image walls

Graphic image towers

DESIGN ZONE was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry This exhibit was made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant

Exhibition Descriptions

(74 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do and math is behind it all Behind

every dance mix therersquos a beat Behind every thrill ride therersquos velocity Behind every

half-pipe therersquos a vert ramp Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design

concepts become real world experiences in the arts entertainment and extreme sports

Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat rollercoaster skate park video

game and more

(48 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Design Zone uses hands-on

activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts

entertainment and extreme sports Get behind the scenes and create your own skate

park dance beat rollercoaster video game and more

(25 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Get behind the scenes and

create your own skate park dance beat rollercoaster and more

Short Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos

NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many

beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes

behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest

thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller

coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos

new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum)

through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a

variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a

successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting

the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity

and innovation art music and engineering

The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National

Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum

of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Environmental components In each thematic area there is a contextual tower in which slideshows of images relative to the particular

area are presented These images reinforce the concept of innovation and design A portable reusable

whiteboard is also provided in the exhibit allowing facilitators to write their ideas and solutions

Thematic area slideshow towers

Graphic image walls

Graphic image towers

DESIGN ZONE was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry This exhibit was made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant

Exhibition Descriptions

(74 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do and math is behind it all Behind

every dance mix therersquos a beat Behind every thrill ride therersquos velocity Behind every

half-pipe therersquos a vert ramp Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design

concepts become real world experiences in the arts entertainment and extreme sports

Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat rollercoaster skate park video

game and more

(48 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Design Zone uses hands-on

activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts

entertainment and extreme sports Get behind the scenes and create your own skate

park dance beat rollercoaster video game and more

(25 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Get behind the scenes and

create your own skate park dance beat rollercoaster and more

Short Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos

NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many

beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes

behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest

thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller

coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos

new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum)

through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a

variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a

successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting

the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity

and innovation art music and engineering

The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National

Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum

of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Exhibition Descriptions

(74 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do and math is behind it all Behind

every dance mix therersquos a beat Behind every thrill ride therersquos velocity Behind every

half-pipe therersquos a vert ramp Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design

concepts become real world experiences in the arts entertainment and extreme sports

Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat rollercoaster skate park video

game and more

(48 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Design Zone uses hands-on

activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts

entertainment and extreme sports Get behind the scenes and create your own skate

park dance beat rollercoaster video game and more

(25 words)

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do Get behind the scenes and

create your own skate park dance beat rollercoaster and more

Short Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos

NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many

beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes

behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest

thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller

coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos

new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum)

through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a

variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a

successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting

the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity

and innovation art music and engineering

The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National

Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum

of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Short Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos

NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many

beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes

behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest

thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller

coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos

new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum)

through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a

variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a

successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting

the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity

and innovation art music and engineering

The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National

Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum

of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Long Press Release

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY IN (Name of Museum)rsquos NEW EXHIBITIONmdashDESIGN ZONE

City (Date) What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers music producers roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers do what they do in (museum)rsquos new exhibition Design Zone opening (date) Design Zone is presented at (museum) through the generous support of (sponsors) and will be on exhibit through (date)

Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can explore a variety of creative concepts to learn the processes and tools needed to create a successful design Design Zone is organized into three thematic zones all highlighting the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation art music and engineering

Design Zonersquos themed areas include ART- Visitors design their own 2-D and 3-D art and explore visual creativity in the Videogame Design Lab Architecture Studio and the Digital Design Domain Area highlights include Drawing in Motion where visitors use a digital pen to trace a line art masterpiece on a giant screen and create their own images and Jump on itmdashsimilar to many classic arcade gamesmdashwhere visitors choose a character adjust the jump power and gravity and land on targets to collect points

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

MUSIC- Visitors explore relationships between length and pitch in musical instruments ratios and rhythms and visual representations of sound in On Stage Dance Party and the DJ Recording Studio Area highlights include Laser Light DJ where visitors discover how laser light show technicians create mesmerizing patterns and Turntables where they can practice their DJ skills by trying to seamlessly match beats per minute to the tempo of a new song ENGINEERING- Visitors experience the Theme Park and the Action Sports Arena where theyrsquoll discover the math and physics behind anything that moves Area highlights include Bike Race where they can climb into bike stations test gear combinations and compete in a virtual race and Design a Skate Park where visitors manipulate slope to create essential skate park features test their design with a virtual skater and ride the course The creation of Design Zone was made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation The exhibition was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Design Zone Get Behind the Scenes

Can you crossfade tracks in a smooth groove Get bodies moving on the dance floor

How does a high amplitude half-pipe really work Design is everywhere we look and in

everything we do and math is behind it all

Design Zone explores mathematical concepts like patterns variables scale slope and

ratios used by artists architects engineers musicians and other innovators

Create Your Experience

The exhibition is organized into three interactive areas that highlight the relationship

between mathematical thinking and the creative process In each area yoursquoll solve real-

world challenges and discover that math isnrsquot just a subject in schoolmdashitrsquos one of the

coolest creative tools we have to design and invent everything in the world of art music

entertainment and extreme sports

In Design Zone you can

Create your own 2-D and 3-D art and explore the math behind visual creativity

See your designs emerge on an enormous coordinate grid leap to the next level

as you set the variables in a video game and find your way through a digital

maze on a giant tilt table

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

Put together music tracks at a DJ recording studio match beats on a set of

simulated turntables create a laser light show at a virtual dance party and more

Build a custom digital roller coaster design your own skate park and go behind

the scenes at a bike race where you can test gear combinations select a course

and ride your cycle in a virtual competition

Visit Design Zone at ltmuseumgt and get behind the scenes

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports to illuminate on engineering

Great Lakes Science Centerrsquos lsquoDesign Zonersquo uses music sports and more to educate on why things are builtthey way they are

By Mark Meszoros The News-Herald and The Morning Journal

Thursday October 6 2016

Robyn Kaltenbach is like a kid in a candy store

Or perhaps more appropriately a kid in a toy store

ldquoIrsquom obsessed with Marble Mazerdquo says the Great Lakes Science Centerrsquospublic programs manager during a walk-through of the downtownCleveland attractionrsquos new temporary exhibition ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

Marble Maze is one of the many stations in ldquoDesign Zonerdquo a creation ofthe Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry aka OMSI Using two handsyou grab a weighty console the top of which boasts a video screen Youthen try to guide a marble through a maze collecting stars while mdash andthis is important mdash not having your marble eaten by monsters Because

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo isnrsquot just an arcade however it gives you some scientific variables you can control that may aidyour marble in its quest

Essentially ldquoDesign Zonerdquo is designed to examine the science behind creativity and put ldquothe tools for creativeinspiration in guestsrsquo handsrdquo states a news release from GLSC The attraction breaks stations into three areas SeeIt (art) Hear It (music) and Move It (action)

ldquoI think itrsquos incredibly effectiverdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoKids learn best by doing While they may not be buildingthingshellip they have the process down pat so they understand how something is designed is integral to the way itworksrdquo

She first shows off Drawing in Motion a big station where two learners mdash or two teams mdash can work together toturn dials to draw on Y coordinate and the X axis When she and GLSC spokesman Joe Yachanin are done theyrsquovedrawn a rectangle on a screen And then around that simple box springs an elephant

ldquoItrsquos teaching you charting and graphing in a really fun hands-on wayrdquo Kaltenbach says

Itrsquos easy to see why GLSC which has a STEM focus booked ldquoDesign Zonerdquo

ldquoThe appeal for us is really profoundrdquo she says ldquoOur mission is to make science technology engineering and mathcome alive and this exhibit has so many of those componentsrdquo she says

Several stations such as Whack-a-Phone use music to teach At that one guests take a foam pad and hit an openend of a series of pipes Each pipe is a different length and thus a different amount of air vibrates inside of it soeach pipe emits a different tone when hit

ldquoThe thing I really like about this (station) mdash there are challengesrdquo Kaltenbach says ldquoOnce you master how toeffectively interact with the (pipes) you can try to play a tune and try to figure out what the song isrdquo

It looks like something out of a Blue Man Group show

ldquoNo blue paint gets shot on your face unfortunatelyrdquo she notes

Other music-influenced stations make use of a DJrsquos turntables or a drum machine

Wanting to capture the imagination of young thrill seekers ldquoDesign Zonerdquo has a station where you can design askatepark on a video screen mdash ldquoItrsquos all about the anglesrdquo Kaltenbach says mdash and another nearby where you designa roller coaster track

ldquo(Yoursquore) going to change how the coaster actually worksrdquo she says ldquoIf your angle is too short yoursquore not going tomake it up the hill or yoursquore going to fly offrdquo

Sounds tragic

ldquoExactly and we donrsquot want that to happenrdquo

Not far from those is another of her favorites Fast Tracks where guests can rearrange chunks of tracks with curvedbottoms on a wall mdash a couple are stationary but can be angled mdash with the goal being to be able to roll a ball alongthe makeshift course from the top of one side back and forth diagonally on the wall until it reaches the bottomKaltenbach quickly rearranges some pieces a ball takes a successful journey and shersquos told shersquos good at this

ldquoOhrdquo she says ldquoI play with this a lotrdquo

Guests also will learn about gears mdash which help illustrate how something mechanical such as a bicycle works mdashand wheels One station utilizes wheels that are the same size and weight to illustrate that some will move fasterthan others depending on how the weight is distributed in that mass

ldquoDesign Zonerdquo mdash open and running the rest of the year mdash was well-received at a recent preview Kaltenbach says

ldquoWe had such a diverse group of people that came through over the weekend and absolutely everybody had somuch fun and spent quite a bit of time in here more so than Irsquove seen in recent monthsrdquo

lsquoDesign Zonersquo

When Through Jan 2

Where Great Lakes Science Center 601 Erieside Ave Cleveland

Admission Included with regular GLSC admission mdash $15 for adults and $12 for youth 2 to 12

Info 216-694-2000 or GreatSciencecom

URL httpwwwnews-heraldcomarts-and-entertainment20161006great-lakes-science-centers-design-zone-uses-music-sports-to-illuminate-on-engineering

copy 2017 The News-Herald (httpwwwnews-heraldcom)

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Great Lakes Science Centers temporary exhibit puts anew spin on math (photos video)

Updated on September 29 2016 at 441 PMPosted on September 29 2016 at 600 AM

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By James Ewinger The Plain Dealer

CLEVELAND Ohio -- Video games and amusement park rides are fun but a great dealof serious thought and calculation goes into their creation

Leave it to the Great Lakes Science Center to make that process fun

With its emphasis on Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) the DesignZone exhibit is a good fit

Created by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry it opens Saturday and runsthrough Jan 2

It is organized into three thematic areas examining the creative processes in artmusic and engineering

Put another way it engages visitors and allows them to examine by doing

Algebraic thinking is a major component of the exhibit the study of patterns andrelationships how changing one variable will affect another

Roller Coaster Hills for example demonstrates the relationship between height anddistance There is an inclined plane -- an actual hill -- and one can predict how far a ballwill go based on the height at which it is released on the hill

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Digital simulation is the medium for some demonstrations Digital Strings shows bothvisually and audibly how manipulating the length of a simulated string affects thepitch of sound

Adding to the fun some of the demonstrations require teamwork and others letvisitors compete

Until April the center is open Tuesday through Sunday Going to Design Zone isincluded in the cost of regular admission

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Midland Museum offers a look lsquoBehind the Scenesrsquodeltacollegiatealtervistaorg midland-museum-offers-a-look-behind-the-scenes

in Arts amp Entertainment by Delta Collegiate on February 7 2017 at 800 AM Print

by Allie Keenan staff reporter

MIDLANDndash The Alden B Dow Museum of Science amp Art features hands-on STEM activities that allow individuals to explorecareers in engineering and mathematics

Kicking off the exhibitrsquos opening on Saturday Jan 28 the museum offered a teacher and homeschool event as well asbeing open to the public

Assistant Director of Education at the Midland Center for the Arts Debbie Anderson tells of some current issues that somestudents face in school with trying to apply the skills offered in the activities that are on display

ldquoThis exhibit brings so much to the region as whole The STEM exhibit focuses on algebra which a lot of kids sit in classwondering why they have to find lsquoxrsquordquo says Anderson ldquoIt really helps to do that for kids going into a STEM based careerrdquo

Multiple stations featured many skills such as designing a video game a giant etch-a-sketch a trajectory catapultdesigning light shows sound machines allowing to compose music magnetic tubes that test speed designing a rollercoaster designing a skate park and bike machines tracking speed and consistency

ldquoItrsquos a multigenerational exhibit allowing kids and parents to work together to accomplish a taskrdquo says Anderson

Many of these activities are trial and error based which allows individuals to interact multiple time in order for success Bytrying again and again children learn to stick to an activity and try to better their progress

Debbie Anderson predicted the ldquoHit the Targetrdquo trajectory catapult to be the most favored station out of all of them beingoffered although it is the first opening day patrons seemed to be drawn to this machine The apparatus allows engagers touse an angle of release and adjust to where the ball needs to be thrown to using math and graphing skills it is easy tounderstand the objectives

Anderson also predicted the ldquoBike Racerdquo station to be the second most popular mechanism out of all of them being offeredThis device allows up to three people to peddle their chosen bicycle while it tracks their speed and consistency Bygraphing the progress of speed engagers can see the energy being used to peddle

Lisa Bauder a grandmother who brought her grandchildren explains why this event is good for the community and the longrun effects of the skills being utilized

ldquoThe activities use math and balancing skills It teaches kids different things Therersquos making pictures and designing thingsThe activities are leaning towards more technological advances for years to come Society is pushing technological jobsand a lot of these things are teaching them those skillsrdquo says Bauder

ldquoThe STEM field applications are not just engineering Therersquos lighting graphics art sport applications and so much moreThese activities are fun but can be used as careers and be applied to liferdquo says Anderson

The Behind the Scenes exhibit is recommended for grades three and up but features building blocks for small childrenPatrons can get a Design Zone Passport that can be taken around to the different stations get stamped and returned to thefront desk for a sticker

The other side of the exhibit features art collections with a water theme This includes a series of paintings photographyboat models and a large row boat These collections were loaned by generous individuals wanting the public to take insome of the history

ldquoTherersquos a lot to see here Itrsquos good for the kids to experience art that is open to exploration and not be in a museum thatyou have to be super quiet inrdquo says Anderson

The Alden B Dow Museum of Science amp Art encourages patrons to view the museum and all it has to offer Due to thisexhibit being so extensive the museum has had to extend tour times for visiting school groups This allows the museumallowing public groups to take the most optimal amount of time to explore and learn about the many exhibits that are beingoffered

The Alden B Dow Museum of Science amp Art is located inside the Midland Center for the Arts at 1801 W Andrews StreetMidland

Winter museum hours are Wednesday through Saturday 10 am to 4 pm Thursday 10 am to 8 pm and Sunday 1 pmto 5 pm They are closed Monday and Tuesday The Design Zone Behind the Scenes runs through April 30 Tickets startat $9 for adults $6 for ages four-14 and free for infants three and under ABDM Members and ASTC Members ABDMmemberships are $75 for a family of four

For more information on events at the Midland Center for the Arts call (989) 631-8250 or visit httpwwwmcftaorg

Copyright copy 2017 mdash Delta Collegiate All Rights Reserved Designed by

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Step into the Design Zone at AB Dow MuseumJosh Grosteffon jgrosteffonmdnnet Published 600 am Tuesday April 4 2017

The Design Zone is something that hits on a lot of my interests

The exhibit on display at the Alden B Dow Museum and Science and Arts at the

Midland Center for the Arts breaks down the science behind things such as music

amusement parks and games

The pieces of the exhibit are big and flashy Therersquos a mock DJ station with a laser light

show Therersquos a head-to-head bike race Therersquos a particularly fun (and frustrating)

game where players can load a catapult and try to hit flashing targets before time runs

up

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ERIN KIRKLAND | ekirklandmdnnet Lou E Loon builds a bridge along with Girl Scout Daisies of Troop5030 Madison Francke 6 and Grace Kolka 5 of Kolb during Scout Night on Thursday at the Alden B Dow more

It turns out behind all of these fun things there is a core of math and science The

exhibit does a good job of breaking down things such as roller coasters and gears to

the basic science that powers these attractions

Video game design requires physics and algebra Music is full of algebra Action sports

and roller coasters are full of all sorts of math concepts (think of all the angles and

speeds)

The music stations were particularly interesting to me as someone who enjoys music

and likes to pretend he knows something about it I never was in band and canrsquot read

music mdash my playing experience extends to some above-average drum playing on

ldquoRock Bandrdquo The music stations do a good job of explaining to someone like me why

certain instruments work and how sound is mixed

The museum has extended hours for spring break opening up at 10 am throughout

the week Itrsquos a good stop for those looking for something to do this week

For those with young children take note There is a fair amount of reading to be done

to get the maximum amount of learning out of the stations (but many are fun for early

readers regardless) So be ready to help the younger ones navigate these concepts

Maybe yoursquoll learn something in the process

For more on Design Zone wwwmcftaorgdesignzone

Josh Grosteffon is the production editor for the Midland Daily News He also is the

editor of Verge a Thursday Daily News insert that covers arts in the region

copy 2017 Hearst Communications Inc

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on November 19 2010 at 625 AM

Look at this page Someone designed it They decided how large to play the picture where to put the text and how big theheadline should be Everything from food packaging to the interior of your car has design elements involved OMSIs new exhibitoffers hands-on experimentation with design Learn about the variety in creative concepts the processes and tools needed to dothe job and the importance of science and math when building creativity in design Themed areas are Art Music andEngineering Use digital technology to trace line art on a giant screen or explore the relationships between length and pitch inmusical compositions The Engineering area offers the chance to design your own skate park and test your skills

Design Zone opens Saturday at the museum 1945 SE Water Ave The exhibit continues during museum hours (check for holidayclosures and extended hours during school vacations) through May 30 2011 Admission $9-$12 Details OMSI or 503-797-4000

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F R I DAY N O V E M B E R 5 2010 6 PM ndash VIP RECEPTION amp DESIGN ZONE EXHIBITION SNEAK PEEK

Produced and built by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can discover the secrets behind how videogame developers

music producers roller coaster designers and other innovative problem solvers design their creations Join us for this special sneak preview event and offer feedback that will help shape the exhibitionrsquos final design

8 PM ndash ALASKA SPIRIT OF THE WILD in the OMNIMAXreg DOME THEATERArctic ice breathtaking natural phenomena and exotic wildlife

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• 06_DesignZone Long Press
• 07_DesignZone Sample Article
• 08_Design Zone press sample - The News Herald
• 09_Design Zone press sample - Cleveland dot com
• 10_Design Zone press sample - Delta Collegiate
• 11_Design Zone press sample - Midland Daily News
• 12_Design Zone press sample - Oregonian
• 13_Logo Sheet
• 14_DesignZone Required Credit Line
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built and produced by OMSI

Be one of the first to rate and

review the exhibition before it

officially opens to the public

S U P P O R T I N G S P O N S O R S

HOST MUSEUM LOGO SPONSORS CONTACT INFO

CREATE YOUR EXPERIENCEDANCE BEAT SKATE PARK ROLLERCOASTER AND MORE

CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF OMSIrsquoS NE WEST EXHIBIT ION

followed by an OMNIMAX showing of Alaska Spirit of the Wild

F R I DAY N O V E M B E R 5 2010 6 PM ndash VIP RECEPTION amp DESIGN ZONE EXHIBITION SNEAK PEEK

Produced and built by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can discover the secrets behind how videogame developers

music producers roller coaster designers and other innovative problem solvers design their creations Join us for this special sneak preview event and offer feedback that will help shape the exhibitionrsquos final design

8 PM ndash ALASKA SPIRIT OF THE WILD in the OMNIMAXreg DOME THEATERArctic ice breathtaking natural phenomena and exotic wildlife

PLEASE RSVP BY MONDAY NOVEMBER 1 TO RSVPOMSIEDU OR 5037974677

MUSEUM LOGOSPONSOR LOGOSPONSOR LOGOSPONSOR LOGO

SUPPORT ING SPONSORS

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SUPPORT ING SPONSORS

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• 01_TOC DZ_Marketing Kit
• 02_Design Zone Fact Sheet
• 03_DESIGN ZONE Exhibit Description with Photos
• 04_DesignZone Sample Descriptions
• 05_DesignZone Short Press
• 06_DesignZone Long Press
• 07_DesignZone Sample Article
• 08_Design Zone press sample - The News Herald
• 09_Design Zone press sample - Cleveland dot com
• 10_Design Zone press sample - Delta Collegiate
• 11_Design Zone press sample - Midland Daily News
• 12_Design Zone press sample - Oregonian
• 13_Logo Sheet
• 14_DesignZone Required Credit Line
• 15_DZ Radio amp TV Scripts
• 16_DZ_SneakPeek_22x28
• 17_DZ_CNI_111810
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• 21_DZ_300x250

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o M s i e d u

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wn

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latest exhibition Design Zone

built and produced by OMSI

Be one of the first to rate and

review the exhibition before it

officially opens to the public

S U P P O R T I N G S P O N S O R S

HOST MUSEUM LOGO SPONSORS CONTACT INFO

CREATE YOUR EXPERIENCEDANCE BEAT SKATE PARK ROLLERCOASTER AND MORE

CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF OMSIrsquoS NE WEST EXHIBIT ION

followed by an OMNIMAX showing of Alaska Spirit of the Wild

F R I DAY N O V E M B E R 5 2010 6 PM ndash VIP RECEPTION amp DESIGN ZONE EXHIBITION SNEAK PEEK

Produced and built by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can discover the secrets behind how videogame developers

music producers roller coaster designers and other innovative problem solvers design their creations Join us for this special sneak preview event and offer feedback that will help shape the exhibitionrsquos final design

8 PM ndash ALASKA SPIRIT OF THE WILD in the OMNIMAXreg DOME THEATERArctic ice breathtaking natural phenomena and exotic wildlife

PLEASE RSVP BY MONDAY NOVEMBER 1 TO RSVPOMSIEDU OR 5037974677

MUSEUM LOGOSPONSOR LOGOSPONSOR LOGOSPONSOR LOGO

SUPPORT ING SPONSORS

now on view

SUPPORT ING SPONSORS

now on view

N O W O N V I E W

C R E AT EYO U RE X P E R I E N C EDA N C E B E AT S K AT E PA R K R O L L E R COA S T E R A N D M O R E

MUSEUM LOGO

• 00_COVER Design Zone_Marketing Kit
• 01_TOC DZ_Marketing Kit
• 02_Design Zone Fact Sheet
• 03_DESIGN ZONE Exhibit Description with Photos
• 04_DesignZone Sample Descriptions
• 05_DesignZone Short Press
• 06_DesignZone Long Press
• 07_DesignZone Sample Article
• 08_Design Zone press sample - The News Herald
• 09_Design Zone press sample - Cleveland dot com
• 10_Design Zone press sample - Delta Collegiate
• 11_Design Zone press sample - Midland Daily News
• 12_Design Zone press sample - Oregonian
• 13_Logo Sheet
• 14_DesignZone Required Credit Line
• 15_DZ Radio amp TV Scripts
• 16_DZ_SneakPeek_22x28
• 17_DZ_CNI_111810
• 18_VIP_evite_Marketing_750px
• 19_DesignZone_BusKings_mock
• 20_DZ_650x250_banner
• 21_DZ_300x250

Required Credit Line

DESIGN ZONE was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and

Industry This exhibit was made possible by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant

3

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(

s

s

D

t

RADIO AN 30 second

Behind ever

every thrill r

(Insert muse

skate park

scenes

15 second

Design Zone

rollercoaste

the scenes

10 second

Design your

new exhibit

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ry half-pipe

ride therersquos

eum name)

dance beat

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r own skate

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rt dates) Ge

dance bea

ert dates) G

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we do The

sign your ow

et behind th

at

Get behind

eum name)

d

wn

he

Take an early sneak peek at our

latest exhibition Design Zone

built and produced by OMSI

Be one of the first to rate and

review the exhibition before it

officially opens to the public

S U P P O R T I N G S P O N S O R S

HOST MUSEUM LOGO SPONSORS CONTACT INFO

CREATE YOUR EXPERIENCEDANCE BEAT SKATE PARK ROLLERCOASTER AND MORE

CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF OMSIrsquoS NE WEST EXHIBIT ION

followed by an OMNIMAX showing of Alaska Spirit of the Wild

F R I DAY N O V E M B E R 5 2010 6 PM ndash VIP RECEPTION amp DESIGN ZONE EXHIBITION SNEAK PEEK

Produced and built by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can discover the secrets behind how videogame developers

music producers roller coaster designers and other innovative problem solvers design their creations Join us for this special sneak preview event and offer feedback that will help shape the exhibitionrsquos final design

8 PM ndash ALASKA SPIRIT OF THE WILD in the OMNIMAXreg DOME THEATERArctic ice breathtaking natural phenomena and exotic wildlife

PLEASE RSVP BY MONDAY NOVEMBER 1 TO RSVPOMSIEDU OR 5037974677

MUSEUM LOGOSPONSOR LOGOSPONSOR LOGOSPONSOR LOGO

SUPPORT ING SPONSORS

now on view

SUPPORT ING SPONSORS

now on view

N O W O N V I E W

C R E AT EYO U RE X P E R I E N C EDA N C E B E AT S K AT E PA R K R O L L E R COA S T E R A N D M O R E

MUSEUM LOGO

• 00_COVER Design Zone_Marketing Kit
• 01_TOC DZ_Marketing Kit
• 02_Design Zone Fact Sheet
• 03_DESIGN ZONE Exhibit Description with Photos
• 04_DesignZone Sample Descriptions
• 05_DesignZone Short Press
• 06_DesignZone Long Press
• 07_DesignZone Sample Article
• 08_Design Zone press sample - The News Herald
• 09_Design Zone press sample - Cleveland dot com
• 10_Design Zone press sample - Delta Collegiate
• 11_Design Zone press sample - Midland Daily News
• 12_Design Zone press sample - Oregonian
• 13_Logo Sheet
• 14_DesignZone Required Credit Line
• 15_DZ Radio amp TV Scripts
• 16_DZ_SneakPeek_22x28
• 17_DZ_CNI_111810
• 18_VIP_evite_Marketing_750px
• 19_DesignZone_BusKings_mock
• 20_DZ_650x250_banner
• 21_DZ_300x250

3

e

(

s

s

D

t

RADIO AN 30 second

Behind ever

every thrill r

(Insert muse

skate park

scenes

15 second

Design Zone

rollercoaste

the scenes

10 second

Design your

new exhibit

D TV SCRI

ry half-pipe

ride therersquos

eum name)

dance beat

e is a new e

er and more

r own skate

ion Design Z

PTS

therersquos a ve

s velocity De

presents D

t rollercoast

exhibition let

e Design Zo

park dance

Zone (Inser

ert ramp Be

esign is eve

Design Zone

ter and mo

ts you desig

one at (Inser

e beat rolle

rt dates) Ge

ehind every

rywhere we

- a new exh

ore Design

gn your own

rt museum

ercoaster an

et behind th

dance mix

look and in

hibition that

Zone (Inse

skate park

name) (Inse

nd more at (

e scenes

therersquos a b

n everything

lets you des

rt dates) Ge

dance bea

ert dates) G

Insert muse

eat Behind

we do The

sign your ow

et behind th

at

Get behind

eum name)

d

wn

he

Take an early sneak peek at our

latest exhibition Design Zone

built and produced by OMSI

Be one of the first to rate and

review the exhibition before it

officially opens to the public

S U P P O R T I N G S P O N S O R S

HOST MUSEUM LOGO SPONSORS CONTACT INFO

CREATE YOUR EXPERIENCEDANCE BEAT SKATE PARK ROLLERCOASTER AND MORE

CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF OMSIrsquoS NE WEST EXHIBIT ION

followed by an OMNIMAX showing of Alaska Spirit of the Wild

F R I DAY N O V E M B E R 5 2010 6 PM ndash VIP RECEPTION amp DESIGN ZONE EXHIBITION SNEAK PEEK

Produced and built by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can discover the secrets behind how videogame developers

music producers roller coaster designers and other innovative problem solvers design their creations Join us for this special sneak preview event and offer feedback that will help shape the exhibitionrsquos final design

8 PM ndash ALASKA SPIRIT OF THE WILD in the OMNIMAXreg DOME THEATERArctic ice breathtaking natural phenomena and exotic wildlife

PLEASE RSVP BY MONDAY NOVEMBER 1 TO RSVPOMSIEDU OR 5037974677

MUSEUM LOGOSPONSOR LOGOSPONSOR LOGOSPONSOR LOGO

SUPPORT ING SPONSORS

now on view

SUPPORT ING SPONSORS

now on view

N O W O N V I E W

C R E AT EYO U RE X P E R I E N C EDA N C E B E AT S K AT E PA R K R O L L E R COA S T E R A N D M O R E

MUSEUM LOGO

• 00_COVER Design Zone_Marketing Kit
• 01_TOC DZ_Marketing Kit
• 02_Design Zone Fact Sheet
• 03_DESIGN ZONE Exhibit Description with Photos
• 04_DesignZone Sample Descriptions
• 05_DesignZone Short Press
• 06_DesignZone Long Press
• 07_DesignZone Sample Article
• 08_Design Zone press sample - The News Herald
• 09_Design Zone press sample - Cleveland dot com
• 10_Design Zone press sample - Delta Collegiate
• 11_Design Zone press sample - Midland Daily News
• 12_Design Zone press sample - Oregonian
• 13_Logo Sheet
• 14_DesignZone Required Credit Line
• 15_DZ Radio amp TV Scripts
• 16_DZ_SneakPeek_22x28
• 17_DZ_CNI_111810
• 18_VIP_evite_Marketing_750px
• 19_DesignZone_BusKings_mock
• 20_DZ_650x250_banner
• 21_DZ_300x250

Take an early sneak peek at our

latest exhibition Design Zone

built and produced by OMSI

Be one of the first to rate and

review the exhibition before it

officially opens to the public

S U P P O R T I N G S P O N S O R S

HOST MUSEUM LOGO SPONSORS CONTACT INFO

CREATE YOUR EXPERIENCEDANCE BEAT SKATE PARK ROLLERCOASTER AND MORE

CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF OMSIrsquoS NE WEST EXHIBIT ION

followed by an OMNIMAX showing of Alaska Spirit of the Wild

F R I DAY N O V E M B E R 5 2010 6 PM ndash VIP RECEPTION amp DESIGN ZONE EXHIBITION SNEAK PEEK

Produced and built by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can discover the secrets behind how videogame developers

music producers roller coaster designers and other innovative problem solvers design their creations Join us for this special sneak preview event and offer feedback that will help shape the exhibitionrsquos final design

8 PM ndash ALASKA SPIRIT OF THE WILD in the OMNIMAXreg DOME THEATERArctic ice breathtaking natural phenomena and exotic wildlife

PLEASE RSVP BY MONDAY NOVEMBER 1 TO RSVPOMSIEDU OR 5037974677

MUSEUM LOGOSPONSOR LOGOSPONSOR LOGOSPONSOR LOGO

SUPPORT ING SPONSORS

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F R I DAY N O V E M B E R 5 2010 6 PM ndash VIP RECEPTION amp DESIGN ZONE EXHIBITION SNEAK PEEK

Produced and built by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can discover the secrets behind how videogame developers

music producers roller coaster designers and other innovative problem solvers design their creations Join us for this special sneak preview event and offer feedback that will help shape the exhibitionrsquos final design

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• 00_COVER Design Zone_Marketing Kit
• 01_TOC DZ_Marketing Kit
• 02_Design Zone Fact Sheet
• 03_DESIGN ZONE Exhibit Description with Photos
• 04_DesignZone Sample Descriptions
• 05_DesignZone Short Press
• 06_DesignZone Long Press
• 07_DesignZone Sample Article
• 08_Design Zone press sample - The News Herald
• 09_Design Zone press sample - Cleveland dot com
• 10_Design Zone press sample - Delta Collegiate
• 11_Design Zone press sample - Midland Daily News
• 12_Design Zone press sample - Oregonian
• 13_Logo Sheet
• 14_DesignZone Required Credit Line
• 15_DZ Radio amp TV Scripts
• 16_DZ_SneakPeek_22x28
• 17_DZ_CNI_111810
• 18_VIP_evite_Marketing_750px
• 19_DesignZone_BusKings_mock
• 20_DZ_650x250_banner
• 21_DZ_300x250

CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF OMSIrsquoS NE WEST EXHIBIT ION

followed by an OMNIMAX showing of Alaska Spirit of the Wild

F R I DAY N O V E M B E R 5 2010 6 PM ndash VIP RECEPTION amp DESIGN ZONE EXHIBITION SNEAK PEEK

Produced and built by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Design Zone is a highly interactive hands-on exhibition where visitors can discover the secrets behind how videogame developers

music producers roller coaster designers and other innovative problem solvers design their creations Join us for this special sneak preview event and offer feedback that will help shape the exhibitionrsquos final design

8 PM ndash ALASKA SPIRIT OF THE WILD in the OMNIMAXreg DOME THEATERArctic ice breathtaking natural phenomena and exotic wildlife

PLEASE RSVP BY MONDAY NOVEMBER 1 TO RSVPOMSIEDU OR 5037974677

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• 00_COVER Design Zone_Marketing Kit
• 01_TOC DZ_Marketing Kit
• 02_Design Zone Fact Sheet
• 03_DESIGN ZONE Exhibit Description with Photos
• 04_DesignZone Sample Descriptions
• 05_DesignZone Short Press
• 06_DesignZone Long Press
• 07_DesignZone Sample Article
• 08_Design Zone press sample - The News Herald
• 09_Design Zone press sample - Cleveland dot com
• 10_Design Zone press sample - Delta Collegiate
• 11_Design Zone press sample - Midland Daily News
• 12_Design Zone press sample - Oregonian
• 13_Logo Sheet
• 14_DesignZone Required Credit Line
• 15_DZ Radio amp TV Scripts
• 16_DZ_SneakPeek_22x28
• 17_DZ_CNI_111810
• 18_VIP_evite_Marketing_750px
• 19_DesignZone_BusKings_mock
• 20_DZ_650x250_banner
• 21_DZ_300x250

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MUSEUM LOGO

• 00_COVER Design Zone_Marketing Kit
• 01_TOC DZ_Marketing Kit
• 02_Design Zone Fact Sheet
• 03_DESIGN ZONE Exhibit Description with Photos
• 04_DesignZone Sample Descriptions
• 05_DesignZone Short Press
• 06_DesignZone Long Press
• 07_DesignZone Sample Article
• 08_Design Zone press sample - The News Herald
• 09_Design Zone press sample - Cleveland dot com
• 10_Design Zone press sample - Delta Collegiate
• 11_Design Zone press sample - Midland Daily News
• 12_Design Zone press sample - Oregonian
• 13_Logo Sheet
• 14_DesignZone Required Credit Line
• 15_DZ Radio amp TV Scripts
• 16_DZ_SneakPeek_22x28
• 17_DZ_CNI_111810
• 18_VIP_evite_Marketing_750px
• 19_DesignZone_BusKings_mock
• 20_DZ_650x250_banner
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SUPPORT ING SPONSORS

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MUSEUM LOGO

• 00_COVER Design Zone_Marketing Kit
• 01_TOC DZ_Marketing Kit
• 02_Design Zone Fact Sheet
• 03_DESIGN ZONE Exhibit Description with Photos
• 04_DesignZone Sample Descriptions
• 05_DesignZone Short Press
• 06_DesignZone Long Press
• 07_DesignZone Sample Article
• 08_Design Zone press sample - The News Herald
• 09_Design Zone press sample - Cleveland dot com
• 10_Design Zone press sample - Delta Collegiate
• 11_Design Zone press sample - Midland Daily News
• 12_Design Zone press sample - Oregonian
• 13_Logo Sheet
• 14_DesignZone Required Credit Line
• 15_DZ Radio amp TV Scripts
• 16_DZ_SneakPeek_22x28
• 17_DZ_CNI_111810
• 18_VIP_evite_Marketing_750px
• 19_DesignZone_BusKings_mock
• 20_DZ_650x250_banner
• 21_DZ_300x250

N O W O N V I E W

C R E AT EYO U RE X P E R I E N C EDA N C E B E AT S K AT E PA R K R O L L E R COA S T E R A N D M O R E

MUSEUM LOGO

• 00_COVER Design Zone_Marketing Kit
• 01_TOC DZ_Marketing Kit
• 02_Design Zone Fact Sheet
• 03_DESIGN ZONE Exhibit Description with Photos
• 04_DesignZone Sample Descriptions
• 05_DesignZone Short Press
• 06_DesignZone Long Press
• 07_DesignZone Sample Article
• 08_Design Zone press sample - The News Herald
• 09_Design Zone press sample - Cleveland dot com
• 10_Design Zone press sample - Delta Collegiate
• 11_Design Zone press sample - Midland Daily News
• 12_Design Zone press sample - Oregonian
• 13_Logo Sheet
• 14_DesignZone Required Credit Line
• 15_DZ Radio amp TV Scripts
• 16_DZ_SneakPeek_22x28
• 17_DZ_CNI_111810
• 18_VIP_evite_Marketing_750px
• 19_DesignZone_BusKings_mock
• 20_DZ_650x250_banner
• 21_DZ_300x250

C R E AT EYO U RE X P E R I E N C EDA N C E B E AT S K AT E PA R K R O L L E R COA S T E R A N D M O R E

MUSEUM LOGO

• 00_COVER Design Zone_Marketing Kit
• 01_TOC DZ_Marketing Kit
• 02_Design Zone Fact Sheet
• 03_DESIGN ZONE Exhibit Description with Photos
• 04_DesignZone Sample Descriptions
• 05_DesignZone Short Press
• 06_DesignZone Long Press
• 07_DesignZone Sample Article
• 08_Design Zone press sample - The News Herald
• 09_Design Zone press sample - Cleveland dot com
• 10_Design Zone press sample - Delta Collegiate
• 11_Design Zone press sample - Midland Daily News
• 12_Design Zone press sample - Oregonian
• 13_Logo Sheet
• 14_DesignZone Required Credit Line
• 15_DZ Radio amp TV Scripts
• 16_DZ_SneakPeek_22x28
• 17_DZ_CNI_111810
• 18_VIP_evite_Marketing_750px
• 19_DesignZone_BusKings_mock
• 20_DZ_650x250_banner
• 21_DZ_300x250