Children's Museum of Houston

Making a Soda Geyser Generator – Soda Geyser Series #1

Making a Soda Geyser Generator – Soda Geyser Series #1 At the Children's Museum of Houston, we love doing stuff with soda geysers (when you drop Mentos into a 2L bottle of soda to make it spray out everywhere). We ... more»

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A Spray Spree

A Spray Spree I love the sprayers in FlowWorks at the Children's Museum of Houston. Nothing quite like spraying water around to help beat the Houston heat, right? Recently...I mean, as a kid...I ... more»

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Stretch Your Potential

Stretch Your Potential As Homer Simpson once said, "In this house, we obey the Laws of Thermodynamics!" And we do the same thing here at the Children's Museum of Houston! To summarize the ... more»

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Wowie – Animal Attraction

Wowie – Animal Attraction Summer may be coming to an end (in theory, still feels darn hot to me!), but our EcoStation has flourished this summer. In this Wowie, Discovery Guide Retavious discusses how ... more»

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Oboe? Oh, Boy!

Oboe? Oh, Boy! Why does a piccolo sound so high while a tuba sounds so low? It's all about pitch! Pitch, or frequency in physics terms, is a way of measuring sound, specifically ... more»

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Crush, Crush, Fizz, Fizz

Crush, Crush, Fizz, Fizz Let's talk for a moment about reaction rates. There are several ways to increase the rate of reaction - increasing temperature, agitation, and increasing surface area. In regards to this ... more»

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