Explora Science

Nadim and I were still sniffling this morning, but decided that we were well enough to get out for a bit. Thankfully the girls are still healthy. Hopefully it will pass them by.

We made our way to Sony Explora Science. It's a hands on science centre. We did experiments with light, and sound. We saw our shadows in different colors of the light spectrum, had a demo of how they make color TV, went in an echo room where we spoke into a microphone and could hear what it would sound like if we were speaking from a mountain top, a subway, a church, or other spaces. We also had a visual of our voices, and could replay bits and clips of it. We stood at a table and made shadows on it with our hands, and depending on the shape of the shadow a different image of an animal would come onto the table. Pretty cool stuff.

We also saw some experiments. Try this: Fill a glass with water. Put it on top of a coin. Look from the side of the glass. You can't see the coin that the glass is sitting on. Then put some water on the coin and put the glass on top of the water and coin. This time you can see the coin when looking from the side of the glass! It was a fun and educational experience. The kids had a great time.

CM