Friday, July 1, 2011

Brain Teasers at the Explorium

BRAIN TEASERS 2

Gain new appreciation for your brain and what it can do with Brain Teasers 2. This exhibit offers 20 challenges for puzzle enthusiasts of all ages. The exhibit is designed to sharpen problem-solving skills and provide plenty of fun.

Visitors must use creative thinking and problem solving strategies such as looking for patterns, thinking ahead, setting aside preconceived ideas, and looking at problems from different perspectives.

Can you separate two linked metal hearts and then reassemble them? Arrange standard geometric shapes to create startling new ones? Solve a maze that is apparently unsolvable? Those who can't the first time have been known to come back and try again!

Solutions after the jump!

SOLUTIONS
Brain Teasers 2: disorder (challenge 2 solution)



Brain Teasers 2: Color Match (solution)




Brain Teasers 2: ten pegs in each row (24 peg solution)

Brain Teasers 2: ten pegs in each row (26 peg solution)





Brain Teasers 2: Color Match (solution)