They got to watch robots make a toy, a gyroscope, for themselves. They got to pick out the color of the toy and the robots put their names on their toys. Here, T watches, fascinated as the two parts of the gyroscope are put together by the robot.
T loves his gyroscope and says it's cute. He played with it for the entire ride home on Saturday. Here he is, making his "he's so cute face."
One of the robots in the exhibit took a picture of our family and "danced" with it. It was pretty cool.
The coolest exhibit of all for us was the submarine tour and exhibit. When M and I were at the museum a decade ago, the sub was outside and there was no tour and no exhibits around it. That's what we expected and we were excited about that. However, now there is a great exhibit -- lots of hands on activities and a great tour with an engaging story. They don't allow pictures in the sub itself, but here are the boys driving the sub in the simulator. The boys were very proud of themselves because they had a successful mission, after they just watched a pair of adults fail their mission. That's my boys!
That's it for now, I'll write more about the weekend soon.
3 comments:
Fun! And you sure made the most out of your ethical dilemma! I would love to watch a robot make a toy for me and put my name on it!
I can see their bright-eyed-faces now! What a great place for a family outing. It's fun to watch your kids having fun, isn't it!? I'm sure they were smiling all the way home, and will remember the day they got to play hooky to go to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
Wow.. what an awesome hands-on science museum! That looks like a blast. What a great memory maker. Can't wait to hear about the Chicago Yacht club anniversary party. Was it fun?
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