Cloud Haiku
We have a wonderful book on our windowsill called The Cloudspotter’s Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds by Gavin Pretor-Pinney. It is so far one of the most […]
Turbulence Sundays
This month, we’re exploring turbulence. You may have noticed turbulent fluid patterns in the steam coming off of your cup of tea, in the wisps of clouds in the sky, […]
Riddles, Codes, and Enigmas
At Helix this month we’re playing with language—using language games to learn and teach other languages, and exploring different kinds of communication. Making secret messages is a fun way to […]
Animation Sundays at Helix
This afternoon at Helix we used pencils and folded paper to make flip-stick animations! Check out Parker’s animation below! What’s going on? Your eye and brain retain a visual impression […]
Invisible Stained Glass, Visible Light
I was at Helix early in the morning a few weeks ago and I noticed something really interesting. Walking down a corridor, I saw colored light shining on the wall, […]
Valentine’s Day at Helix
We had a great time at our Valentine’s Day adults-only program! Once upstairs, they found a romantically-lit room with some sensual cephalopod action on the big screen with Jean Painlévé’s […]
Unicorns Not Needed
As a culmination of our month of Light and Dark, we set up our Colored Shadows exhibit in the workshop tonight, and brought out a giant piece of Mylar. The […]
Birds and Bees
If you buy us flowers, we will be very flattered, and then we will probably dissect them. Here are a few snapshots Tricia took today with our new microscope. You […]
Moire Musing
We celebrated Light and Dark for First Friday tonight by creating an immersive multi-shadow exhibit in the classroom, and playing with moire patterns using a projector on the front window. […]
Home School at Helix
We hosted our first inquiry workshop for a home school group this week. After studying the physics of electricity and sound this month, the group joined us to make speakers […]
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