Before the even for the Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care party, Matthew had built a super huge and cool Keva tower. It was really interesting to see how to guests interacted with such a HUGE and inspiring tower. A couple of guests decided to add onto it. One surprising thing about this interaction was that I realized that the first guest was using the engineering design process without realizing it. He was constantly iterating as he couldn't reach certain spots. He would move to the other side of the table, adjust the angle of his body, etc. And when he got to a point where he could not reach the top anymore, instead of giving up and calling it quits, he decided to find a solution to his new problem by finding someone taller than himself and convincing him to help! It was really fun to see how the engineering design process was apparent in their interactions on such a basic level and not in such a way I would normally think of (ie. I want to build a tower, how can I make it stable, etc.)Additionally, people gathered around to watch these guests building the tower, it became quite a show. Later in the evening, the tower fell. After this, I noticed some kids starting to build intricate structures and I realized that they were recreating the towers! I thought it was pretty cool that they were paying enough attention previously to recreate them from memory.
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I have noticed that there are some exhibits, such as the keva planks, that I feel I could facilitate forever without running out or getting tired of ways to engage while there are others that I struggle to continue facilitating over time. What do you do when you reach a point where you either can't think of any more points of engagement or are simply exasperated by that particular exhibit?
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