Magnetiles - Stephanie
Magnetiles is a fun exhibit to facilitate. I usually don't get to facilitate it when it's crowded, but when it's calmer, I get to interact with guests over there more. Most of the time, I ask the guests what they are building, what each part of the project is, and how they got their ideas. There was a little girl who told me she was building a tiny MOXI for fairies and showed me how it had different floors that could be swapped out for different floors with other exhibits. The kids are so creative with the magnetiles that most of the time that it seems to me that they tend to move themselves along the facilitation pathways themselves with very little help from me.
Mindball - Juliana
I've found that at Mindball, it's mostly adults who ask me how it works, while the kids tend to be satisfied by just playing the game. Most adults accept that it measures brain waves, but some will get disappointed when I tell them I don't know the actual specifics of how it works mechanically.
At Mindball I try to not give people answers on how to win the game, unless they ask me specifically if it is better to concentrate on the ball or if it is better to try to relax. I usually facilitate by asking guests about different strategies they use to win. Most kids tell me that you win by concentrating really hard or by pressing the button, some have told me that it registers your facial expressions and you can win that way.
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