With rain in the forecast we decided to take a spur of the moment trip to Science North in Sudbury. We had been years ago, with everyone remembering very little other than we had enjoyed it. That didn't change. We had a fabulous time, often running in different directions, following what caught our eye and our interests.
The top floor was every one's favorite. A room filled with Duplo Lego blocks of all styles, on tables, the wall, a pit, bins. In another section was K'nex, you could choose to free build a pulley/battery operating car and then race it on the track. The three older kids attended a Lego Mindstorm robotics workshop (needless to say this is now an even more highly desired item!). There were workshops, information sessions and demonstrations throughout the day. We were really impressed with the interpreters, they were knowledgeable and very friendly. We noticed that most of them were volunteers in their teens or early twenties. What a great opportunity that would be.
The other highlights was the butterfly room (where Shai let a Blue Morpho out accidentally oops), the nature display, the porcupine, the human body tests, an erosion table, a deep sea exhibit and a 3 d movie about Jurassic sea giants.
3 comments:
Do we get a blog post about the bear encounter?
It was SO sad- it was such a HUGE bear- and it ran right into us with a thud thud!
it was so fast we didn't get a chance to move and dark- incredibly dark. The bear got up and ran away- yay- I am sure with a big headache. So the van carries a 'scar' and I look up more now from sewing and knitting in the car!
We were reading about bears the other day and muskoka has the highest density population of black bears than any other part of Ontario! Thats a lot of bears.
another yikes
is elias really that much taller than ben?
and to think - he's only grade 5 - like the biggest grade 5 i know.
must be all that fresh air and sunshine
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