Fun with Science

As a fun kick-off to our first year homeschooling, we spent all day yesterday at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh.  At about 3.5 hours from home, this isn't a museum we can visit weekly, but boy was it fun for a day!  I'm actually a bit envious of Pitt area homeschoolers, as the Science Center offers what look to be AMAZING homeschool science courses!  It truly put our local science museum to shame.

My husband & I thoroughly enjoyed exploring & interacting with all the amazing exhibits with our girls.  There are even live shows to delve into specific areas of interest.  We went to the FREEZE show, which educated kids on the properties of liquid nitrogen and its effects on everything from balloons to metal to marshmallows.  Our friends' daughter was even chosen to participate in the demonstration!!

 From gravity to air pressure, robots to marine life...this museum made science come to life for our girls.

I look forward to finding all sorts of fun events like this to do with our children throughout the remainder of the school year!