What does one do with two little girls who are off of school for three weeks? You go sledding, of course. Nicole was fine after this little jump, and we all warmed up with hot chocolate, thanks to our good friends in Shelby. There is actually a ski lift in our town, and most people use it for sledding.
We pulled the girls away from their kindles long enough to go to a science museum. I can hear the collective yawn across the ocean, but it was the neatest, funnest museum that we closet geeks have ever gone to. It's called "Technorama", and we only saw half of it in 4 hours. They had hands on experiments to explain basic math and science principles, things that you would never see in the States. Why, you ask, because they are too dangerous. Volunteers got shocked by a tesla coil and 1500 volts...
and we get to stand next to a 10 meter tall fire tornado...
as well as a classic tornado...
The adults enjoyed remembering the principles of angular momentum and a gyroscope, Yee Haw, Tom!
and don't forget sine waves and the changes of the nodes when you vary the frequency of movement of springs on a pendulum suspension.
You can never play with enough magnets...
and the puzzles were too much fun.
We hated to leave, and we will all return since we bought a year membership. Geeks of the world, unite!
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