Patterns at Play

Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM — 1:00 PM

Join us for an event that is equal parts fun and enchanting. It's a prime opportunity to multiply your appreciation for the beauty of math and patterns in the natural world at the opening day of our new exhibit, A Mirror Maze: Numbers in Nature.

Included with General Admission. Members FREE!

A Mirror Maze: Numbers in Nature | Special Exhibit Hall 

Scheduled Activities*

Reflect and Refract 
Create your own brightly colored suncatcher that reflects beautiful repeating patterns.

Perfect Prisms
Play with light and magnetic tiles to discover the different kinds of shapes you can make.

Patterns in Nature
Learn about the swirls, symmetry, and branching patterns with examples of objects found in nature.

Fractal Fossils
Using air-dry clay, create your own ammonite or shell fossil for representations of geometric items from nature.  

Sand Pendulum
Watch as harmonic motion creates geometric patterns in the sand.

“A Mirror Maze: Numbers in Nature” is sponsored by

A Mirror Maze: Numbers in Nature is sponsored in part by the Frances Wood Wilson Foundation.

*Activities are available in the Great Hall from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and are subject to change without notice.

Parking is limited at Fernbank and may not be available. Please be prepared to potentially park offsite and walk, or to use ride share. Please see the map below for directions additional parking locations: