• Current Exhibitions
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  • Body Odyssey
  • Clockwise
  • Earth's Fury
  • Eaten Alive
  • Eyes on Earth
  • Harley Davidson
  • How to Make a Monster
  • Illusions
  • Innovative Australians
  • K'Nexhibition
  • Living Colour
  • Mathamazing 2000
  • Mathamazing 2006
  • Megawatt 2001
  • Megawatt 2005
  • Microscapes
  • Mission Earthling
  • Mountains to the Sea
  • Science on the Move
  • Sci-Quest
  • Sea Chest Secrets
  • Smugglers, Customs and Contraband
  • Space
  • Speed
  • Sport
  • Strike a Chord
  • Terrorsaurus
  • The Centenary of the Model T Ford
  • Tools of Trade
  • Top Secret
  • Toys: Science at Play
  • Whodunit
• Exhibitions for Hire

Toys: Science at Play

Why does a spinning top stay upright? What makes the patterns in a kaleidoscope?

Why do magnets attract? How do dolls talk? How do building blocks stay up and fall down?

Many of the toys we love work because of physics. You can find out how they work, and the answers to many more questions, in this fun and interactive exhibition.