Science Week: Marbles

We completed science week with a trip to Marbles. They had just opened up a new exhibit about energy which the kids loved. It's so fun to have such a great children's museum so close.

Science Week: Museum of Natural Sciences

Our first experience at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh was pretty awful. It was a cold Saturday morning in the winter and the museum was so crowded it was hard to see or enjoy anything. I was looking forward to returning at a less busy time. A summer weekday afternoon was perfect. Fewer people and lots of exhibits to ourselves. Plus, this museum is free which is super cool. Ben was able to join us too which always makes things more enjoyable. He took the boys around to some exhibits while I took the girls into the science room where we got to try all kinds of experiments using microscopes and beakers and pipettes! The girls loved it.

We finished up the evening with our science week movie...Honey I Shrunk the Kids!

And a few random photos from the week:

Elsa was throwing a massive tantrum one morning and I found this on the door.

Watching a deer approach. Usually they are back in the woods but this one actually came into the fenced yard.

Simon is ALWAYS climbing. This was not the first time I found him in the sink. With the water running. Endless trouble with this kid.

Science Week: NC Zoo

I took the kids to the zoo one day during science week and we walked through the special "Bugs" exhibit that was there this summer. The kids LOVED it. There were these ridiculous giant animatronic bugs placed along a path in the forest. They were super creepy and the kids thought they were awesome and disgusting. They screamed every time we approached a new one. One even surprised Oliver by spraying him with water. At least we hope it was water. There was a firefly that lit up and a spider that went up and down a web. They all moved in some way. And we had the exhibit to ourselves which was fun. The exhibit ended with a few real bugs we could look at, which weren't nearly as exciting as the super sized bugs.