Sponsored in part by Dow AgroSciences, this renovated exhibit demonstrates how real-life sciences such as weather forecasting, farming, and engineering impact daily life. Space Haus, in collaboration with the museum, designed a water table to help visitors understand water management, flood control and transportation.

The water table traces water from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River delta around New Orleans. The interactive exhibit uses algorithms to teach visitors, “if this then that”. What happens when you flood a farmer’s field by removing the dyke system? What affect does that have further downstream? How do cargo ships get their goods to New Orleans? The exhibit supports these real-life scenarios with working dams and levees, and pervious and impervious surfaces.

Space Haus also worked on the exhibit plumbing. Located a floor below, the system consists of a 1200-gallon reservoir where water gets treated per Indiana Health requirements before being pumped to the exhibit.