Wonder Works

We had a lot of activities this last week of school.  On Wednesday, I went with Bode's class to Wonder Works, which is a little science museum over in Panama City.  The ride on the bus was wonderful--25 amped up fifth graders :-)  Fortunately, we made it there without any issues.  Here's Bode and Hunter, excited to go inside--Wonder Works is the big upside-down building in the background.

There was "sciency" stuff as well as some rides for the kids.  Here's Bode doing the ropes course.

They also have an astronaut training simulator, which is a big gyroscope.  Bode gave it a go.  First, a still-picture of him getting ready.

Next is the movie of the ride--little man said it was a lot of fun.

Fortunately, the kids ate after the ride-portion of the visit.

There were all sorts of other attractions--a wind simulator, a bucket of 28-degree water in which you could submerse you hand, lots of interesting google-earth displays where you could go anywhere in the world--there was even a google-moon simulator.  The kids really liked this "wonder wall."

On the way back, Ms Stoffel was kind enough to let the kinds watch a video--Ralph Wrecks the Internet.  It was sooo much quieter on the way home :-)