Science City Field Trip

What a day!  I applied for, and received, a grant to take our grade level to Science City.  It was GREAT.  The kids had so much fun.  We learned how gears turned by playing with movable gears on a magnetic wall.

We walked through a "Mystery" Hotel full of optical illusions (this was a favorite.)  

Here, you can "lose" your legs.

There was a giant chalk wall to write whatever you wanted.

A bike on a rope.

A maze, a treehouse full of birds, a place to dig for dinosaur bones, a minature train city (that was actually HUGE and awesome), a sewer slide, crime lab, science sphere, life size artery, space shuttle, helicopter, waterfall and so much more!

 (if you look closely, I am in the middle of all of those kids with a pony tail!)

It really is such a neat place.  Some of my coworkers were a bit more worn out than me - but I am a high energy person so I can forgive them :-)  I have one little friend who is, quite literally, obsessed with trains.  He found a little piece of Heaven when he hit the train exhibit.  You could start the sounds of a real train engine, play in a caboose, see real trains from a lookout, and - of course - the super cool model train city that lit up and moved at the touch of a button.  I mean, this thing even had tiny little people on moving seesaws and merri-go-rounds that actually moved.  It was so neat.

When I asked the kids what their favorite part was the Mystery Hotel won, hands down.  They got such a kick out of all the optical illusions.  I took some pictures inside the hotel, but it was too dark so they did not turn out so well.  Can't wait to go again!