Education
Start
A world of wonder for eights and under awaits in START - the area specifically developed for our younger visitor. Become a car mechanic and customise a real Mini in the W5 Garage, make a splash at the water area with ball canons, pop into the music studio and make some noise with the sound exhibits, plot a course with our life-size dinghy, watch your skeleton ride a bike or take time out at the role play TESCO and cafe staffed by you!
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Percussion Wall
This exhibit, along with the walk on piano, guitar, pipes etc. is designed to encourage visitors to explore the world of sound. -
Walk On Piano
Children can play the piano by jumping to different coloured areas on the floor. Buttons on the wall at the side allow them to change the style of the sound. -
Guitar
Visitors/children use their hands or fingers to strum the strings of the ‘guitar’. -
Tubular Bells
By hitting the various pipes made of wood, metal or plastic, children can discover that different materials and different sizes or lengths create different sounds. -
Pan Pipes
Children can move a set of pan pipes along a slider and a ventilator blows air over the top of the pipes when the green button is held. -
Slap Pipes
Pupils can play music by striking a series of PVC pipes cut to different lengths so that they create a variety of tones. -
Music Studio
This exhibit consists of a console in a small music studio, a camera and TV monitor and a selection of pretend musical instruments. -
Reaction Time
Visitors test their reaction times by pressing buttons on a circular board as they light up. -
Senses Wall
This exhibit encourages visitors to explore their five senses. -
Skeleton
Visitors sit on a simulated bicycle adjacent to a large mirror. When they begin to peddle the bicycle fast the opaque surface becomes transparent and reveals a human skeleton also peddling a bicycle in the same manner.