Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh PA July 11
Located right in the middle of Pittsburgh is a really great science center- the Carnegie Science Center. It is right next door to Heinz Field and the other field where the baseball all-stars game was taking place tonight. Combine the extra traffic, closed roads, horrendous parking fees and just plain messed up roads (they're like that all of the time ;) ) and it was a traveling nightmare. Oh well, we managed.
The special exhibit they currently have is the science of magic. You get to try several magic tricks, and then they show you the secret to how they work. Very cool!
Brenna enjoys the water table in the jr kids area.
They have the most incredible model train set up on the second floor. It is huge and the details are amazing. Over 100 moving pieces and every part is based on a historic place from PA history. They add new things every year. One of this year's new models was Mr.Rogers' house.
They have the USS Requin sitting outside the science center and you can go take a tour of the sub. You get to see one level of the boat- crew quarters, the mess, engine rooms, and control room. It is hard to imagine 81 crew members living together on it.
this is the only science museum that has a kitchen show on various aspects of the science of cooking. Mark and the big kids went to all four of the different shows during the day. The last one was called 'Fruit Flambe', so yes you guessed it there was flames involved :) My kids got to help demonstrate the different things you need to make a successful fire, and then Zack lit the apple caramel sauce up. And of course you get to sample the goodies at the end- it was delicious!
....and one final pic of my cutie taking a bath in the hotel sink
The special exhibit they currently have is the science of magic. You get to try several magic tricks, and then they show you the secret to how they work. Very cool!
Brenna enjoys the water table in the jr kids area.
They have the most incredible model train set up on the second floor. It is huge and the details are amazing. Over 100 moving pieces and every part is based on a historic place from PA history. They add new things every year. One of this year's new models was Mr.Rogers' house.
They have the USS Requin sitting outside the science center and you can go take a tour of the sub. You get to see one level of the boat- crew quarters, the mess, engine rooms, and control room. It is hard to imagine 81 crew members living together on it.
this is the only science museum that has a kitchen show on various aspects of the science of cooking. Mark and the big kids went to all four of the different shows during the day. The last one was called 'Fruit Flambe', so yes you guessed it there was flames involved :) My kids got to help demonstrate the different things you need to make a successful fire, and then Zack lit the apple caramel sauce up. And of course you get to sample the goodies at the end- it was delicious!
....and one final pic of my cutie taking a bath in the hotel sink
posted by Melinda at 9:19 PM
3 Comments:
Jeremiah and my Mom would LOVE that train! And that last pic is too cute! Love her expression!
Oh that looks like fun!!!! :)
That photo of your little in the sink is just wondrful!! how darling can you get!! And wow are you guys ever seeing alot! When i go on vacation...which is never..we always mean to go see and do all these sight seeing things but it never works out that way. we are terrible schedulers! glad you are having fun!!
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