The Connecticut Science Center

Our first big outing in Connecticut was to go to The Connecticut Science Center. It's located in Hartford. The adventure started on our drive there. We drove right through a rather "scary" part of town. There were bars over doors and windows, big groups of people standing on street corners, several security guards standing outside of the banks, and just about every other building was some kind of small church. It was a big contrast from what we are used to seeing. Anyway, we finally got to the science center-which was not in the same part of town.

The Connecticut Science Center is a big kids museum with all sorts of fun, hands on areas. Our kids had a lot of fun exploring and discovering. Here are some pictures of what we did:

Kate and Forest are watching balls go down a spiral track. Kate loved this! She just kept loading the balls and watching them go 'round and 'round.

Of course, there was a water area! It was this giant room with all sorts of faucets, spigots, balls, fountains, buckets, etc. Anything you could possibly use to experiment with water. The kids would put balls on tracks and watch the water take them up or down, depending on the track. It was lots of fun to watch.

Here's Jake getting wet.
Josh, Forest, and Kate in the fountain...

Audrey and Josh at another fountain.

Our next stop at the science center was the Android Cafe. Here we got to see all sorts of robotic things and how they worked. In the cafe they were offering an assortment of nuts and bolts and oils. Nice menu options, if you're a robot.

Kate and I sitting in the cafe.

This is Lena. She's a computer that talks to you. You just type in questions and she answers them. That is, if she understands what you are trying to ask.

The Android Cafe is hiring! Here are the qualifications:

The next place we went to was the movement area. In this room, you got to experiment with all types of movement: water, air, magnets, etc. The kids really liked these cones that shot out strong blasts of air. You used the cones to maneuver a beach ball through a hoop. It was tough, but they had fun!

Josh and Jake working as a team.

Steady now. We're almost there!

Forest working his magic.

Jake and Forest

Audrey in deep concentration.

Our last stop was the space area. Here we got to learn different things about planets and stars and all things space.

Jake, Kate and I in a spaceship taking a tour of the galaxy.

Audrey on her galaxy quest.

We had such a good time at The Connecticut Science Center. There were so many fun things to see and do!