Best Science Museum Ever

A woman that I visit teach told me that the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago was free for children during February. The kids had a few days off, and Bryan took one of those as a vacation day, so we went to the city. It was so cool. We've been to several science museums, and this might be the best. 

We saw lots of miniature boat replicas and this not so miniature steering wheel.

This screen had images of beads (or water droplets?) projected onto it. But if you stood in front of it, you could stop the images with your shadow. Everything would pile up until you moved, then it would flow again. The kids (and grownups) were fascinated.

The kids got to "drive" a combine. They sat in the driver's seat while a movie of a cornfield being harvested played on a giant screen in front of them.

Look, buttons to push!

Oh! All four kids are in this picture, can you find them?

This is a human-sized hamster wheel. Peter took a turn, but it was before I walked over with my camera. Here's Cooper.

Sophie stepped on and then quickly stepped off.

Instead, Bryan used Sophie's turn.

Then came Phoebe.

And finally me. Phoebe asked if she could take my picture. I said sure and figured I'd be able to get at least one good shot. This is the best one I got. It's also the only picture that was taken of me that day. As for the hamster wheel, it was kind of like a treadmill, if the treadmill let you walk up the wall in front of you and was powered by your legs and not electricity.

This is a two-person neural feedback machine. The goal was to move that little ball from the middle all the way over to your opponent. Each person put on a headband and cleared their mind. If you had lots of brain activity the ball would come toward you, but if you had little brain activity, the ball would move away.

Guess who's a pro at completely clearing her mind? I like to think that's why I stay calm with the kids. I also like to think I stay calm with the kids.

I want to hang this quote in my house somewhere.

The more we moved, the more these faces laughed. The kids got a couple of the faces laughing hysterically.

After this we saw some large airplanes hanging from the ceiling and this model train. It's even bigger than these pictures show, and these were taken from the second story looking down.

A few displays that we loved but didn't photograph include a mirror maze, a children's hands-on area, and a circus exhibit.

Phoebe and Bryan's favorite thing at the museum was the Fairy Castle. It was amazing. We didn't take pictures, but Bryan did take a movie while he walked around it.



We didn't get to all the exhibits in our three hours there, but we're already looking forward to our next visit.