Stations-ID: D085

Instructions:

• Try standing on the wooden cross so that none of the beams touch the floor.
• Can you balance on the board in such a way that a marble can roll along the milled groove?
• Can you do it with a partner?
• Are you better at it with your eyes closed or open?

The first sense that an embryo develops in the womb, is the perception of gravity. Already between the sixth and the eighth week of pregnancy, the equilibrium organ starts to develop. The corresponding nerve tracts are regarded as “precursors” for the development of the other perceptual systems.

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Stations-ID: D021

Instructions:

Balance the rod vertically on one finger. What happens, when you turn the rod around?

• First, balance the rod with the wooden ball on it at the bottom, after a few attempts turn the rod around. Which way is it easier to keep the rod in balance?
• You and your partner take different rods each, who can keep his rod in balance longer? What happens when you swap rods?
• Place two rods vertically on the ground and let go at the same time. Which one falls over faster? Does it make a difference, which way around you place the rod?

Keeping rotating plates in balance is a normal thing in any circus show now. Once you have the hang of it, it’s easier than it looks, because the mass of the plate stabilizes the rod. Try it!

Stations-ID: D020

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Stations-ID: D001

Instructions:

Try stacking the building blocks in such a way that they stick out as far as possible over the first block.
Can the top block be placed so that it protrudes over the bottom block completely?
• Begin with two blocks: How far can the top block protrude?
• What happens when a third block is placed on top?
• What happens when a third block is placed between the first two?
• Try building the tower from top to bottom.

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Stations-ID: D059

Stations-ID: D078

Instructions:

Try to move the ball through the maze together. The small walls can be repositioned to create new paths.

Stations-ID: D082

Instructions:

Multiple photo-cells block a 7-Meter-long path. You must find a way through without triggering an alarm.
Exercise scenario: For easier orientation, rubber bands have been attached next to the photo cells.
Serious scenario: After the bands have been removed, you have to rely solely on your imagination.

• Which part do you find especially difficult?
• How many attempts do you need to pass through the labyrinth without mistakes?
• After how many practice runs, do you think you can make an attempt without the rubber bands for orientation?
• Observe other visitors doing the experiment

The American psychologist Karl Lashley (18900-1958) tried to localise memory in the brain. He let rats run through mazes and removed parts of their cerebral cortex afterward. His many experiments did not deliver any clear results, so he concluded (somewhat resignedly), that memory was not possible.

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