This is the place to pet a llama, crawl into and learn about the inside of a log, test your fitness, make seed , mosaics, see how coal makes energy, see electronic news-in-the-making, make recycled paper, learn about solar vehicles, electric cars and Amateur Radio; even drive a remote controlled vehicle on Mars!. And don't miss the fire truck and hot balloon, too!
WonderLab offers make-and -take-activities in some thematic areas, as well as a selection of popular bubble-making activities through which people of all ages can explore basic scientific concepts.
This was the add that brought more than 3500 visitors to WonderLab's (6) six hours of Science, Health & Technology fair at the Monroe Co fairgrounds..
Involved with WonderLab were the Amateur Radio clubs of Bloomington, Indiana. Their combined efforts allowed young and old to see first hand the capabilities of Amateur Radio and to meet some the areas Ham operators for question and answer sessions.
Big hit was the MarsTrax rover that allowed Young & old to try their hand at driving a remote controlled vehicle using only a TV screen for reference.!"Not too easy ", were some of the comments from those who tried.
Ham radio operators also helped visitors to their booth with sending messages across the booth in morse code. "very neat", said one young visitor. Pamphlet information about Amateur Radio and the local clubs activities was distrubuted during the 6 hour demonstration.
HF or high frequency radio gear was on hand too!, allowing the hams to introduce the concepts of communcating with some pretty far off places.
Organized by Jay Sissom, KA9OKT; approximately 20 Amateur's helped with this super demonstration. A special congratulations to all for an outstanding job.!