local flavor – liberty science center
Monday, April 26th, 2010
On rainy Sundays we always seem to find ourselves in New Jersey at the Liberty Science Center. If you like science, gadgets or large snakes, this is the place. Compared to many of the other local kiddie museums, this one is a step above (FYI also a bit pricier than the others).
Here are our favorite exhibits. IExplore is a must for the 5 and under set. Kids can build and race their own car, shoot balls through a crazy pulley system, paint with water, climb scaffolding, and play with rice (crazy but that’s actually the crowd favorite). At Our Hudson Home, see lots of wildlife from the Hudson river (turtles, sharks, horseshoe crabs) and build your own dam. And do not miss the live science demonstrations – in ‘‘ they produce an actual cloud and we all learn that there are four states of matter. Who knew? I’m pretty sure that there were only three when I was in grade school…
Their latest exhibit, Diabetes: A Deeper Look, did not sound at all compelling, but was actually quite informative for those visitors who read. For those who can’t, there are still some of the most entertaining high tech/interactive exhibits that we have seen. There were carnival-like games, an obstacle course with moving platforms, and a rapping refrigerator — need I say more?