This puzzle was featured in the Math/Geometry exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota. This projected puzzle said "Look Here" if focused on from a certain spot (angle, distance, height). Though I think the signage did a good job explaining how to look at this puzzle, it left me wanting to know more about how the puzzle itself was created (How did they make the projection? Did they create a projection and then build the individual pieces? What kind of math did they use to create this? etc.). This activity engaged me because it was like nothing I had ever seen before, but I did not feel that I learned much from it. I left wanting to know how one would go about making this and what the math was behind it.
I think this is a perfect example of how signage is important. I was drawn to this exhibit as well because I wanted to know what it said. It took seconds and then I walked away learning very little from the exhibit. Though it did not leave me questioning its construction, I left with little knowledge on what the whole point was to this experience.
ReplyDeleteToo bad you didn't get to ask Bette about this exhibit. Maybe she didn't participate in its design, but it's possible she could have explained "behind the scenes" in making the puzzle's image. I think your comment is a good example of the "wow" factor that doesn't have substance behind it (or at least the substance that's really needed).
ReplyDeletethis exhibit was really cool. As the viewer got lower to the ground the words looked more together. I could see how this would be a hard exhibit for people to interact with if they were talk or in a wheel chair because they needed to look in a certain area and angle. I would like to build a puzzle like this in my class room. i wonder how it was made. The signage also needed more directions because I didn't know where I needed to stand to see the puzzle.
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