Science Center

In August of 2012 we bought an annual pass to the AZ science center. we went MANY times and always had fun and learned lots!

They have a planetarium there and we got lots of use out of that when we studied space and even after since Parker loved space so much!

For a little while they had a lego exhibit there

here are two things Parker made with the legos

The kids driving a lego car

In front of a lego train

We also were able to go to the dinosaur exhibit when we studied dinosaurs

Here's Aria's favorite overall exhibit, the rock recycler. On a touch screen you choose to melt rocks, or cool the magma, put rocks under pressure etc.

And a video if her doing it here

In the Media room they have this screen with pretend beads falling and your shadow can affect the beads. The kids loved this and we have a video of it here

Parker's very favorite part was the water/sand table. On some visits Parker would play here for over an hour. The girls liked it, too, but Parker really loved it!

Watching the going go down in a funnel

With a big map in the home building room the kids are pointing to where we live on a map of the valley

'You are here'
Parker pointing to the science center

And HERE is a video of how the kids wanted to enter the science center EVERY time we went (of course I let them!)

We enjoyed and made good use of our annual pass and we are grateful we were able to enjoy such an awesome place!