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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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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I Scream For…

I Scream For… Houston summers are HOT! And while cooling off at the Children's Museum of Houston is a great thing to do, another delicious way to cool off is to enjoy some ... 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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