Cleveland, OH (Miles to Date: 3660)
Our plan for today was to visit the Great Lakes Science Center, squashed between the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Browns football stadium on Lake Eire. We walked the short distance from our hotel to the Science Center as it was a bright but chilly morning. This science centre is one of the best we have been to and is full of great hands-on exhibits covering the broad aspects of science. As usual Jack and Emily were drawn to things like a hang gliding and flight simulator, whilst the parents tried to drag them towards what they believed to be more educational demonstrations (how boring). Many an hour was spent going from one exhibit to another. We had also purchased tickets for an exhibit called Lego Mindstorm where you get to programme some Lego robots and set them on some tasks on the surface on the planet, where they to collect some rocks and rescue some astronauts. It was great fun – even for adults. Finally we went to iMax film on dinosaurs in the dome theatre attached to the Science Center.
During the day we had found out that evening they were holding a Harry Potter evening so we readily signed up for it. As a part of the this event they held workshops on chemistry, electricity and general science plus some Harry Potter oriented activities such as Wizard Chess. The highlight of the night (which wasn’t the snack they provided) was a showing of the Harry Potter film, Order of the Phoenix on the iMax screen. We had seen this before but it is such a good film we had to see it again. The time soon reached the witching hour and the four tired Hoblets wandered back to their hotel.
Our plan for today was to visit the Great Lakes Science Center, squashed between the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Browns football stadium on Lake Eire. We walked the short distance from our hotel to the Science Center as it was a bright but chilly morning. This science centre is one of the best we have been to and is full of great hands-on exhibits covering the broad aspects of science. As usual Jack and Emily were drawn to things like a hang gliding and flight simulator, whilst the parents tried to drag them towards what they believed to be more educational demonstrations (how boring). Many an hour was spent going from one exhibit to another. We had also purchased tickets for an exhibit called Lego Mindstorm where you get to programme some Lego robots and set them on some tasks on the surface on the planet, where they to collect some rocks and rescue some astronauts. It was great fun – even for adults. Finally we went to iMax film on dinosaurs in the dome theatre attached to the Science Center.
During the day we had found out that evening they were holding a Harry Potter evening so we readily signed up for it. As a part of the this event they held workshops on chemistry, electricity and general science plus some Harry Potter oriented activities such as Wizard Chess. The highlight of the night (which wasn’t the snack they provided) was a showing of the Harry Potter film, Order of the Phoenix on the iMax screen. We had seen this before but it is such a good film we had to see it again. The time soon reached the witching hour and the four tired Hoblets wandered back to their hotel.
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