There are several schools of fish in the fishtank. At special stations, visitors can modify the rules for individual fish within a school and observe the changes in the overall schooling behavior. In this way, visitors can see how group behaviors can arise from simple interactions among individuals. Diving Deeper . Next to the giant fishtank, there are several stations showing examples of other complex systems.
Visitors can explore the workings of ant colonies, simple market systems, and traffic patterns.
The goal is to show that the mechanisms in the fishtank are not unique to fish, but can be used to understand many other phenomena in the world. The other Diving Deeper stations are implemented in StarLogo software, which you can download for free from the Web.