Sunday, March 29, 2009

Exploritorium

Last weekend we took the kids to a free science exploritorium (yes, it's a real word!) at a local park. The kids had a great time pressing buttons and making stuff work.



















Lior was in all her glory! Matt says she is destructive. I say she is curious and likes to see how things work. We both may be right. She was pushing buttons with all her might. The level of concentration was amazing. It matched the intensity level of her father who was pushing the buttons right along with her.


I think her favorite part was the "here to there" exhibit which explained how the tube we use at the drive-thru bank worked.
All the kids finally understood how it worked after they put their ball in on one side and it wound up on the other side of the room and back again.
They were thrilled to see and feel the air that was being forced through the tube.
Sydney also loved every minute of it. She has such a zest and intensity to everything she does, much different than Lior. Sydney's excitement level is all consuming, she tries things with all few reservations and her excitement level is written all over her face. She is also curious about how things work but does not seem to have the destructive streak that Lior has. In this picture she is launching a rocket which shoots across the room. She watched us launch that rocket and saw how we were watching the pressure gauge to the side of the button. With no explanation Sydney walked over and launched that rocket over and over again, much to Akiva's delight!
Who could have watched it launch over and over again!

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