Joy is not the absense of trouble but the presence of Christ. William Vander Hoven

Friday, November 4, 2011

The Idea Place

 

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Last week we did the Idea Place which is part of LA Tech.  We are really finding the universities around here are a wealth of things to do for very cheap!! 

The girls above are in the planetarium.  I LOVE planetariums and haven’t been to one in quite a while, so I was thrilled this was part of the day! 

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In the hands on portion of the museum the girls had a great time exploring!  Clara particularly loved the bubble table.

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It was so cool because earlier in the day (on the way to the museum) it was foggy out and Clara was asking me about how fog is formed.  I did my best to explain it, but in the hands on portion there was a demonstration and it was awesome to be able to bring that back to our conversation of earlier and reinforce that lesson!

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There was Spooktacular Experiments that were also part of the educational program.

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Lucy got to help out with the “ghost scream” experiment.  Good thing we just practiced her up for this with her birthday party being the weekend before this---she got to blow up lots of balloons and got quite good at tying them off!

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Another experiment (I would call it more of a demonstration than an experiment), but it was this goo worm.  The chemicals take the liquid and make it more of a solid when combined and then the kids could play with the “worm”.

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Eeeewwwww!  Of course, they had to obliterate their worms!

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