At Water Cycle Puzzle, visitors puzzle out the water cycle— including the human intrusion into the natural process through the urban water use cycle- by placing 12 pucks representing different key points of the cycle onto a schematic background graphic. Magnets hold the pucks in place on the slanted vertical surface. As a puck is placed in its correct spot, it triggers embedded LEDs to light up, representing that part of the endless flow of the water cycle.

​

When all pucks are in the right place, all the LED lights will be lit and connected, causing them to flash, indicating the visitor’s success. A reset button would switch off the electromagnets holding the pucks in place, causing them to slide off the slanted graphic and back into a holding bin at the base of the exhibit.

​

Themes:

Environmental Impact, Water Conservation, Ecology 

​

Location:

Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA​