Children's City

Our homeschool group had organized a lego workshop in the museum in Children's City.  Jess liked it a lot, the older two did not. We had been told that they older group would be doing technic, but they were using the same little blocks as the younger kids.  Hmmm, lost in translation?  There was a big silver lining though.  The museum was very fun.  It fell on one of Matt's days off, so he got to come too.  Isaac took off almost immediately with the older boys, while Matt watched Jess at the Lego center and I walked around with Makenna.

How much power, energy, does it take to turn a plane's propeller?

See what happens when you move the flaps on a plane.

 

 Learning about sea life.

This one was really funny.  How long can 4 organisms live without water.  The human fell over dead first, then the camel, then the desert mouse and last the lizard.  

 Arabic cooking supplies, followed by European, and Japanesse. 

The older kids starting legos--many left early.  Blah.

Then it was Jessica's turn to explore the museum.  

Rock density.

Flight simulator.  She landed the plane successfully about 1/2 the time.  

 Spin the globe to see air currents.  Jess was really spinning it!

The numerals we use originated in Arabia, long ago.  They were designed to count angles.  A circle has no angles.  Sometime after we adopted them, they were influenced by another culture and changed theirs.  In the UAE, they are starting to change back and embrace their own history of numbers.  Signs are still written both ways.  

It's hard to see here, but Jess is sitting on a giant mouse looking at a giant computer, playing a matching game.  You can see a bit of the CD drive on the right.  You can walk into the tower and see giant hard drives, memory. . . .

Jess and Matt whispering together. 

Viscosity.

Water works.

This was a really good electricity table.  This side lets you experiment with competing a circuit.  It can be parallel or series.  You have to use the items that conduct, not insulate. 

Centrifugal motion. 

Pulleys

How hard are you working?

There was a big music/sound section.

See the skeleton pedaling the bike next to Makenna?

 Jess is sitting on a molar.

Isaac is jumping on musical floor notes. 

Test your sense of touch.  Can you guess what you are feeling?

 The bean system.  Move the kidney bean up the screw, down the conveyer belt, through the funnel, back up and into the bin to be lifted up again.  

Outside the museum.

Walking back to the car through Creek Park.