Enjoying the Science Geek in Us

  May 22, 2013 it was time to get our geek on. We went to the Science Center in Des Moines with his daycare group. We had so much fun. In the different rooms, and doing different things. In one room the children played with different mechanical things and objects. Joel had a blast with the ball thing that is pictured beside. He also enjoyed the conveyer belt system that took fake fruit and veggies up, down, and across to the other side. Joel loved to be the one turning the wheel to do part of it. They also had an area in the room that the children got to play with bubbles. It was a mess, but the they were having fun. 
   Some teeny boppers came in where all the little kids were playing which was actually for baby, toddlers, and parents only. They were kind of rude, and pushed the children out of the way so they could play with one of the discovery fun walls where you can make hand prints, and even face prints by pushing your hand on this spiky thing. Finally they left, and the kids could play with it again. We actually went into the room and let the kids play twice.
  Next, we went into this other room which the children had a chance to create things, and do different tests. There was a water fall thing where you had to try to stop the flow of water current. It was truly difficult. They could make and race lego cars. They could launch balls in different tunnels, and so many things really that was fun. The coolest thing in the room that the children like the most was making and launching paper rockets. The adults helped the children make the rockets. While we were making rockets so were the rude teenagers from the previous room. They were making their rockets big, and if they didn't go as far as they wanted them to go, the they would go back to the drawing board. The funny thing was the preschool daycare kids rockets were going further than the teeny boppers. Joel's was one of them that did. Joel loved his rocket, and we even brought it home.

    Then there was a room that had different reptiles in the room that can be found all over Iowa. Joel was in heaven because he loves reptiles. Truthfully it was not my favorite room, because there were snakes. Good thing there is glass between us and them. Also in the room they have the Channel 13 extra weather room so the children got to see things including standing on the stage with the green background behind them, and seeing themselves on the screen with the weather behind them. 
  Over all it was a very fun experience, and I can not wait to go back again so we can see everything thing else we did not see. Joel can not wait to go back either.