Thursday, November 12, 2015

We visited another science museum, this one in Mobile, AL. Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center was kid-centric and there were a couple class field trips, but it stayed pretty quiet. We spent a lot of time looking over the biology displays and I got to perform open heart surgery on a large screen computer simulation. Hopefully, my skills will never be needed in the operating room.

One of the most entertaining exhibits had a lot of steel shavings dancing to the music inside a sealed case.  When Flight of the Bumblebee played the shavings were just a blur.

The most interesting exhibits seem to always involve magnets!  This gem did not disappoint.

The little nubs danced to the music creating a mesmerizing effect.

Oh, to be a kid again with access to this giant foam Tinkertoy set.

I was having a big time playing with magnets and nano-ferrofluid. Pretty cool stuff!

What if a box of chocolates were really this size?  At least the exhibit gave me a different perspective on eating chocolate: chocolate grows in a tree, trees are plants, plants make a salad and everyone knows salads are healthy.