St. Paul Again for Some Science

We received a gift membership to the Science Museum for Christmas this year, so we decided it would be a nice end of vacation family outing to go there and see the Titanic exhibit and play for a bit in the other exhibits.

Just outside the Titanic line, they've redone the exhibits on the floor, replacing an infectious disease exhibit with some more hands on tools. Opti thought this bike generator was awesome, especially when he realized he could light up a whole string of CFLs instead of just barely lighting one incandecent bulb.

This table lets you build models of various molicules. This is ethanol. A MN favorite.


On the lowest level of exhibits, Opti helped assemble to skeleton of a dinosaur. He was rather pleased with his paleontology skills.


The native plant maze looks awesome in winter. . .so peaceful.