Clark Planetarium

The kids were out of school so we spent Friday morning exploring the new exhibits at the planetarium. It was so much fun to see the kids enjoy science. It makes me so happy because I LOVE science and I love that I can explain things to the kids. It makes me feel like a good mom.
The pendulum is always a big hit. The kids cheer when it knocks over one of those pegs. We sat there and watched it several times.

Then we ventured upstairs to a new area where they have a small indoor playground which the youngest 3 kids loved. Owen chose to spend his time building a rocket. You choose parts and fuel and have to engineer it well so it can take off and get enough lift to leave the atmosphere. See? Learning and fun?? I love it!

Jonah had a great time figuring out how to navigate a spacecraft that only uses air pressure to move itself. It took him a while but he finally landed it right on target. After seeing the movie Hidden Figures with John Glenn, I am now assuming he will be an astronaut. He has mad skillz.

We ventured on to the cloud machine, the black hole detector and the heat sensor. All really fun.

We spent a good amount of time in an area that is designed to feel like you are on one of Jupiter's moons. It has rocks to climb on, rovers to program and drive, and volcanoes erupting.

All in all, we had a great couple hours exploring the planetarium.