Going to the children’s museum was a lot more fun than anticipated. I not only did I observe the various things the children were doing but had a lot of fun myself. Nina and I, released our inner child and played around on the staircase that made different noises based on the step you stepped on.

One of the busiest areas of the museum was the Garage. Children were running around, throwing balls, moving all the big and small mechanisms which was really exciting to see. An interesting thing that I observed was that the kids were try all sorts of things until they exhausted all possibilities. For example, there was one mechanism that released balls from the top of poles one by one so when they bounced they would make a sinusoidal shape. The children tried moving different number/combinations of balls to the top before turning on the mechanism to see what it would do. Once they exhausted all possibilities they moved on to play with something else.

The Garage was an excellent part of the museum that encouraged a lot of curiosity. This was the place I imagined the robot arm as it would add to the wonder and curiosity that was already contained in the garage.