Another Day, Another Scale Model of the Solar System
During our little weekend visit to Boston, my kids were thrilled to discover that — starting at the science museum — there’s a scale model of the solar system! In the photo above, Leo is posing with “Venus” of a model that is billed as “the largest scale model of the solar system east of Peoria, Illinois.” Of course we’ve already visited the one in Peoria. Not to mention the one in Zürich. Maybe we’ll eventually visit them all! 
Paige Moore Said,
October 10, 2009 @ 6:39 am
Surely this kid will be smart and will love Science and maybe want to study the surface of the earth.
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October 11, 2009 @ 5:16 pm
[...] week, folks! We spent the weekend in Boston (as you can see from the photographic evidence here and here), and I meant to get back in time to do my usual weekend roundup, but didn’t. Fortunately, it [...]
chanson Said,
October 12, 2009 @ 8:21 am
Thanks Paige! I’ve kind of continued my astronomy theme in my posts here, but this is actually only a small fraction of our family science outings.
Yesterday we went to NYC to see the Museum of Natural History there. We saw their planetarium on our last visit, so this time we saw the frog exhibit and especially the dinosaurs. My kids were really interested in the different dinosaur families and how they all fit together. We also visited the aquarium during our visit to Boston.
Nicolas is pretty sure that he wants to be a scientist when he grows up. As much as he loves Astronomy, he’s currently telling us that he wants to study the human body (he’s gotten really interested in human body systems lately). My other kid, Leo, is kind of undecided about what he wants to do when he grows up.