Maryland Science Center

This past week we went to the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore.  Calvin declared it the Best Museum Ever.  And indeed... it was really cool.  We went on a field trip with a lot of kids from Worthy & William's co-op. When we first arrived the kids split up into older & younger groups and conducted experiments that the curator talked them through.  

William testing an acid and a base

After that we were free to explore the rest of the museum.  Everything was hands-on and each of the kiddos took full advantage.  I was a little unsure if Christian would be able to engage, but he was OverJoyed. I hardly saw anything in the place because I was continually counting kids.  One, Two, Three... where is Four??!! It was great to see them so curious and eager to engage with the exhibits.

Worthy's highlight was joining his friends in the Hurricane Simulator.  It basically just pumps hurricane force winds.  I think it got up to about 75mph.  He was thrilled.

They had an area devoted to dinosaurs.  The kids were able to grab paint brushes and help excavate dinosaur bones (or at least simulate that...)

They had some life-size dinosaur replicas and their tracks as well.  It was so fun to look at them and remind the boys (which they remembered!) of when we saw real dinosaur tracks in Jura, France on vacation. 

 William was very intrigued by the Maryland Blue Crab.  I can't wait to introduce him to them this spring with a little Old Bay sprinkled on top... he'll really love them then!

They also had a bed of nails there.  The kids would lay down on the "bed" and the nails would move up, lifting them a few inches.  They were quite impressed.

It was such a fun museum.  We really had a great day and it was so special to enjoy it with friends too.