Exhibition for Rent

601 First Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 • 607-272-0600 • 607-277-7469 (fax) www.sciencenter.org • www.sciencenterexhibits.orgSciencenterSciencenter

Ithaca, New YorkApr 2014

Rental Fee: $17,500 for 3 ½ months

Size: 1,200-1,400 sq. ft. Shipping: fits in half a semi-trailer renter pays inbound shipping

Developed & toured by: SciencenterDesigned for a family audience.Partner: Cornell UniversityFunded by: NSF/NEES (Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation)

Did you know...earthquakes occur every day?Explore the science of

Earthquakes! • Tsunamis! • Engineering!

• Jump on the Quake Karaoke platform!

• Match an earthquake seismogram!

• Launch waves through the 16-ft. long Tsunami Tank!

• Replay the impact in slo-mo!

• Engineer your designs!

• Complete a tectonic puzzle before the pieces fall!

• Spin through geologic time!

• Build and test your structures on the Shake Table!

• Find out how scientists make our world safer ...When the Earth Shakes!

400 million yrs ago 300 million yrs ago 170 million yrs ago 20 million yrs ago

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Quake KaraokeJump, jump, JUMP on a platform! Try to replicate the motions of three historic earthquakes. Watch your own seismogram on the monitor in real time as you strive to match the original seismogram. How did you score? Try again! Refine your jumps and improve your seismogram!

Puzzled EarthHow fast can you assemble a mapof Earth according to plate tectonic boundaries? Press the button to begin, then put the puzzle pieces in place on the big panel. Hurry! You have 2 minutes before the pieces fall!

Plates in MotionSpin the dial! Watch stunning tectonic motion breaking up and reassembling asyou control plate movement! Begin 600 million years ago, spin to the present for our current tectonic plate arrangement, then spin 200 million years into the future! Spin back or forward in time. Can you recognize Earth’s continents 200 million years into the future?

Seismic MonitorThis real-time display shows hundreds of earthquakes occurring over the past two weeks. Look for larger-magnitude quakes with their bigger circles. Do quakes cluster around tectonic plate boundaries?

NEW: Tsunami TankBuild a structure, then make waves crash on a “beach” in this 16-ft long Tsunami Tank! How did your structure hold up? Replay the impact in slo-mo using a Spin Browser; then improve your design. Can it withstand more powerful waves?

Shake TableBe an engineer! Design and build model structures using blocks and reinforcing rods, then turn dials to test your results against earthquake forces on the Shake Table. Did your structure stand up? How can you make it safer?

Earthquake TheaterFive fast-paced, award-winning videos show scientists and engineers working together to make our world safer during earthquakes! See footage of real quakes, and find out what causes them. Discover how engineers have used amazing tools and technology to test and improve building techniques and materials. They even shook full-size bridges and bent 16-meter (50’) pipe sections! Each video approx. 1 ½ minutes. (Benches included.)

NEEShubTouch the screen to learn about NEES, the national Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation--14 university research facilities where scientists tested buildings and structures using giant shake tables, centrifuges, a tsunami wave basin and other large-scale equipment. See different experiments from each site!

When the Earth Shakes

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When the Earth Shakes consists of wall panels of different building materials in an “earthquake zone,” setting the stage for interactive components...

...including a freestanding Shake Table and 16-ft. long Tsunami Tank!