They have a new exhibit "The Big Dig" to explore dinosaurs. There is a maze with some information about dinosaurs but its really a great area for kids to explore finding their way. They have an area to unearth "bones" with brushes, bone puzzle pieces and an area to don safety glasses to pound on rocks with a hammer to reveal hidden treasures! The students were able to explore the different elements of the exhibit at their own pace. Some sat to watch a video, while others became dinosaurs by wearing dinosaur costumes or made rubbings of various bones or skeletons of dinosaurs.
Then they discovered the bike! It's not just a bike though, it is attached to a wire rope with a counter weight and a seat belt. Never seen a seat belt on a bike before? You're glad it has one because you ride the bike out over an opening between the floors. So there is nothing under you but the wire rope! Our tallest students (you had to be 54" tall) tried it! All did great but you could tell that some were a little apprehensive to do it. There was another activity our older ones enjoyed - the Bo-yo. It's like a yo-yo just you are the yo-yo part going up and down. It seems easy but after watching others on it I discover that you have to pull down on the handle and then just let it pull you up, if you push it up it stops going up! It seemed odd and it took some a while to get the hang of it but when they did, their smiles would go from ear to ear! They would get pulled up 16'!
They also had:
- a great water exhibit that they could play with water flow
- various magnet, robotic and electrical experiments that the students could do
- an area of optical illusions - really was a hit with the students
- a show on generating energy and combustion. The students really enjoyed watching how different compounds can ignite.
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