Astronomy Days at the science museum

We took the kids to astronomy days at the science museum this morning. We started on the top floor where NASA has a little area teaching kids about space and showcasing their upcoming projects. They had a little trivia game for kids, although Alice was more concerned with watching the disk slide down than asnwering questions. The guy running it, seeing little Alice walk up, asked a softball question: "What color is Mars?" When Alice answered "red" without hesitation, he seemed impressed.

At this booth, Alice was supposed to be learning about how far away the planets are from each other, but really she's just scribbling on paper.

Alice was terrified of this guy dressed up as an astronaut last year, but this year she was willing to get a little closer.

Throughout the museum there was lots of cool booths set up with little minor science experiments. Although we're just going for exposure at this point, it will be really fun when the kids can actually connect this to stuff they're learning in school and in other books and videos.