Monday was museum day! We braved the rainy, stormy weather and took a trip to downtown Detroit to visit two museums. First we went to the Detroit Science Center:
They had a special exhibit called "Dinosaurs Alive," and we liked it so much we went through it twice! Some dinosaurs were on motion sensors, and would growl or move whenever someone walked by. Others had a control panel that the kids could use to move the dinosaurs themselves! The girls loved making the dinosaurs swing their tails, move their arms, shake their heads, open their mouths, and of course growl! Here's Megan controlling the Allosaurus:
Here are the girls being paleontologists and searching for fossil footprints and bones:
Here's Katie by a pair of fighting dinosaurs. These are interesting b/c we have seen this pair twice before...at another science museum last year we saw the rare fossil of these two preserved in mid-fight (the Protoceratops was biting the Velociraptor's arm!). And at this DSC museum we saw an Imax movie with an animated depiction of the fight, and then the fossil. It was neat to see the scene depicted as fossils, as a movie, and in life-sized figures.
We finally tore ourselves away from the dinosaur sections, and ventured out into the rest of the museum. Here's Katie as a couch potato in the nutrition area:
Here's Jessica enjoying the electric sparking ball:
Here's Megan making a tornado in water:
Megan and Jessica volunteered to help sort recyclables at the "Go Green" presentation. They are recycling experts. Katie helped in the composting part of the presentation but I didn't get a picture.
We went back to play with the dinosaurs one last time before leaving the museum. Megan (the budding paleontologist) could have stayed there all day!
Next we went to the Detroit Children's Museum. We had never been there before, and we really enjoyed it! It was small, but perfectly geared towards children. The girls wanted to stay and play for hours, but we were all getting tired (especially me!) and I wanted to beat the traffic home. We got a family membership that works at both museums, so we'll be back!
PS- I don't know why the formatting is all wonky...it looks fine when I type it all out! Any hints, anyone?
They had a special exhibit called "Dinosaurs Alive," and we liked it so much we went through it twice! Some dinosaurs were on motion sensors, and would growl or move whenever someone walked by. Others had a control panel that the kids could use to move the dinosaurs themselves! The girls loved making the dinosaurs swing their tails, move their arms, shake their heads, open their mouths, and of course growl! Here's Megan controlling the Allosaurus: 
Here are the girls being paleontologists and searching for fossil footprints and bones: 
Here's Katie by a pair of fighting dinosaurs. These are interesting b/c we have seen this pair twice before...at another science museum last year we saw the rare fossil of these two preserved in mid-fight (the Protoceratops was biting the Velociraptor's arm!). And at this DSC museum we saw an Imax movie with an animated depiction of the fight, and then the fossil. It was neat to see the scene depicted as fossils, as a movie, and in life-sized figures. 
We finally tore ourselves away from the dinosaur sections, and ventured out into the rest of the museum. Here's Katie as a couch potato in the nutrition area: 
Here's Jessica enjoying the electric sparking ball: 
Here's Megan making a tornado in water: 
Megan and Jessica volunteered to help sort recyclables at the "Go Green" presentation. They are recycling experts. Katie helped in the composting part of the presentation but I didn't get a picture. 
We went back to play with the dinosaurs one last time before leaving the museum. Megan (the budding paleontologist) could have stayed there all day! 
Next we went to the Detroit Children's Museum. We had never been there before, and we really enjoyed it! It was small, but perfectly geared towards children. The girls wanted to stay and play for hours, but we were all getting tired (especially me!) and I wanted to beat the traffic home. We got a family membership that works at both museums, so we'll be back! 
PS- I don't know why the formatting is all wonky...it looks fine when I type it all out! Any hints, anyone?
haha the kids do look kinda worn down in that last photo!
ReplyDeletesorry no hints about your formatting, but I was wondering why it looks so funny. maybe try centering your text or making sure there are several returns after each photo?
I love the children's museum! I took a group of kids there when I taught summer school in Detroit.
ReplyDeleteAnd uncle Justin is so proud of Megan the budding paleontologist! Al the Dino stuff looked so cool and fun. Wish we were there!