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When water is accumulated in dams, potential energy is added to the water. The potential energy of the water turns into kinetic energy when the water is released from a height. The fast flowing water turns turbines and the movement of the turbines drives a generator to generate electricity. Visitors pump water into a pool at the top of a high tower. They then open a valve and release the water to flow through a turbine to power a street lamp.

The High Voltage Climbing Arc is a familiar piece of equipment for all science fiction fans and the standard laboratory device for all mad scientists. A small spark starts at the bottom of a pair of “V” shaped electrodes, moves upwards and grows as the gap between the electrodes widens. At the top of the electrodes the spark exits and the cycle repeats.

The device positioned on the panel works with the help of gravity. There are stamps with paper, plastic, metal, glass images on them. The user circulates these stamps through the rails and throws them into the relevant recycling area. All stamps accumulate in these areas. With the help of the arm on the side, the stamps accumulated in this area fall down and the game is played again.

It is a device about the effect of waste in the seas on living creatures and their extinction time. The sea animation on the screen includes living creatures and garbage. Visitors collect the garbage with the lever and button on the table and beautify the sea in the animation.

Visitors answer a question-and-answer exercise through interactive screens that teach us what we need to do to reduce our carbon and water footprint. They are expected to select options to answer the questions on the screen. As visitors answer the questions, the led bar on the screen reacts according to the result of the computer calculations to determine their water and carbon footprints.

Visitors press buttons representing the water consumed by various household items, appliances and actions to see the amount of water they consume, represented by a series of water bins rendered as buttons. The number of lit bins indicates how much water we consume when we use each fixture or appliance.