May 10, 2011

We went to the Children's Museum in Indy and we:

rode the carousel twice
saw frogs
saw Sarah Fisher's racing uniform/outfit worn by a CM employee and felt the fireproof material
saw the CM Store with loads of science, art, and fun things to buy


Went to the Science Port and made a Triceratops out of rocks, glue, and crayon on paper, Made a T-Rex out of  pipe cleaners, made three slides of fossils, we used the "smart board" and made our own dinosaur creation, we looked at micro and macro fossils under a microscope that was viewed on a screen.

Went to the Science Lab and did an experiment where we made cheese from milk and some liquid that is from a cow's belly; but is now artificially produced.  We also got to look under their microscopes and see a variety of things (fern, skin, pine needle...)

We went to the "Barbie" exhibit and did some drawings, draped some mannequins, and the like.

We went into the Dino Sphere and saw lots of dino's in their 'natural habitat'.  We were given a small dish of rock and fossil pieces and tweezers and we hunted for various fossils.  The amber pieces were very beautiful; as were the fish scales (they were shiny black).  This area of the museum is very cool.  The dome is like you are walking back in time.

We went through the "Take Me There: Egypt".  First we boarded an airplane and the screen showed how we arrived in Africa/Egypt.  Puddin got taught how to juggle by a Egyptian man.  She participated in the presentation - celebration the employees did welcoming a new baby by jumping over the baby 7 times.  There are workers in the exhibit who act like real Egyptians and talk and explain and demonstrate various activities throughout.  Dd got to bang on a drum and walk in the presentation.  She loves making the silver band bracelet each time we go.

That about sums up our visit in a nut shell.  We saw a huge bag of pink cotton candy in the dining area that was very tempting; but we managed to keep walking.