While investigating the benefits of our family's membership to the new science museum in Los Angeles, I found that we can get free admission to partnering science museums all over the world.
Of course, I checked to see if any were in the UK, and lo and behold, a fabulous children's science museum in Bristol was on the list!
On Monday, with Gord back at work after his Christmas break, Stace drove us and Sue to Bristol so we could check out the @Bristol Science Centre, for free.
It was well worth the drive, as we all enjoyed the many exhibits. Here, the girls are in front of an aircraft's landing gear - so interesting for them, since we fly in these size planes but never see how big their wheels are up close. Stace pointed out that part of the gear was made by his company. Small world!
In this area, the girls are picking up "pollen" and "nectar" balls in their honeybee suits, and taking them back to the hive as they learn about how honey is made. The balls would then fly back out of the flowers through air-powered hoses.
Violet wouldn't wear the bee suit, but loved this activity the best of all. I had to pull her away to see the second floor of the museum.
Upstairs, the people behind Wallace and Gromit have sponsored an animation exhibit.
Violet drew on the little boxes on her strip of paper, so she could see it come to life when we looked through the slit cut out of a spinning cylindrical machine.
A play area with giant lego-like bricks kept Cora happy for a half hour.
The girls also took part in making giant bubbles, and learning about the human body, motion, ice-making, and more.
It was a very fun day out! Now, I just hope the museum in L.A. can live up to Bristol in the eyes of our girls.
1 comment:
It was a good day and very interesting with a lot of things to see and do both for adults and children,thanks Stace and Lisa for taking me .Love Sue xxxxxx
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