Children's Museum of Houston

Go Fly A Kite

Go Fly A Kite With Winter FINALLY (hopefully) over, it's time to get outside and enjoy the weather! And what better way than to go fly a kite! My assistants and I went out ... more»

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Liquid Armor

Liquid Armor Ever heard of d3o? It is a liquid armor (yes, I said LIQUID armor) that is being adapted for all sorts of uses (look what I found with a simple ... more»

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New Exhibit!

New Exhibit! We have a new exhibit at the Children's Museum of Houston: Newton Know-How. In Newton Know-How, we encourage everyone to become physicists and explore the laws that govern all of ... more»

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Light It Up

Light It Up So, this week we're continuing our exploration into microwaves by...well, exploring microwaves. Microwave ovens produce microwaves, but what are microwaves? Microwaves are a type of electromagnetic waves. There are actually several ... more»

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Soap Soufflé

Soap Soufflé Normally, when I post an O Wow Moments video to the blog, I encourage you to try the activity at home. Not this time. It is a very interesting experiment ... more»

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Emitting Light

Emitting Light Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) surround us and are embedded everywhere, from new light bulbs, flashes on cameras, power lights, and even remote controls all use LEDs. But what are LEDs ... more»

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Spool Car Racer

Spool Car Racer My two assistants and I enjoy playing with wind-up toys (available at Fiddle Sticks Toys at the Children's Museum of Houston), but how do they work? Well, as I told ... more»

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It’s Alive (The 100th Episode!)

It’s Alive (The 100th Episode!) Way back on A Slime By Any Other Name, our first O Wow Moments episode, I showed off a fun slime concoction called Oobleck that we regularly make here at ... more»

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A Bright Idea

A Bright Idea more»

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Paperclip Top

Paperclip Top In our recent episode "Science is the Tops," we explored the physics of top spinning and how to make a top using a marker and some cardboard. But, that was a ... more»

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