My sons love the Montshire Museum in Norwich, Vermont, on the border of New Hampshire and Vermont, one of our favorite science museums that is not too far from home. We stopped there yesterday to pass a couple of hours and found ourselves enjoying the new exhibit on time and perception.
We also raced through our usual activities—sending ping pong balls down the man-made river to observe water currents, building our own fountains, observing the leaf cutter ants and looking for their giant queen, seeing the firefly exhibit, using the wind cannon, peddling the bicycle to see how much energy it takes to raise an elevator one floor, sending pennies circling down the gravity well, exploring how xylophones work, studying the planets, and learning about physics from fun hands-on exhibits with lots of spinning and gears. Whew!
Seeing people and landscapes change in fast motion in the time exhibit was nearly as disturbing as watching the three of us blow raspberries into the camera in slow motion. The day also made me realize how quickly my boys are growing. We had too much fun to share only one photo, so here are three more:
My proud fountain builder
Physics is fun
The gravity well
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