codetrap
11-21-2011, 10:10 AM
My Rating? 0 out of 5 Stars
I took my 3 Yr old Daughter and wife there on Sunday. Cost us $60 + $5 parking.
Considering the target audience is children, the exhibits were poorly designed. The whole Earth & Sky area was interesting, with some neat concepts showing erosion using water and large tables. There was also a really interesting river system table that was about 30 feet long. Too bad it was all too high for the kids to see. I could barely reach them, and the only way my daughter could is if I physically put here on the exhibit. There was a serious lack of explanation at the "experiments", and nobody around to help explain stuff. That was a consistent theme throughout the entire building.
The Being Human I though would be interesting. They basically explored the 5 senses, but not very much in detail. They also had a 6 picture display on how humans are created that ended in a display with a used? female and male condom. There was also a flirting thing where you were supposed to flirt and see if it made you sweat. Also a hugging booth that had 70's porn music to raise your Oxytocin levels. There was also some thing you could open and listen to stories about "when I was young" feature someone with a thick Southern US accent. Very relevant to Canada.
The Open Studio A huge room that had a bunch of craft stations stocked with crap. One was for taking apart a stereo or other electronics. Literally ripping them apart. Nobody there to explain it, just simply busting up stuff. Real great for small kids.. nothing like a kid tearing open a electrolytic capacitor and splattering its contents around. The rest was coloring, drawing, or gluing garbage together then putting it into a very slow "wind" tunnel to see the garbage swirl. Thanks, but I can drive by a construction site on a windy day to see that.
There was a small section dedicated to electronic music and art, where they had wands that you could use to shine light on a screen and make some sound "DJ".. but it only had basically a crappy whoooooo noise that went up and down in tone. The rest of the "power" section was advertising for O&G..
The Kids Creative Museum wasn't open when I was there, but it reads like a big indoor playground.
We caught the last 10 minutes of the Presentation Theatre.. where they demonstrated convection by putting water in a large hanging balloon and putting a candle under it. Boom.. they also put a blown up balloon in liquid nitrogen.. that was neat to watch it re-inflate as it thawed.
So, if you want a good time, go to the Zoo. You'll have a lot more fun.
I took my 3 Yr old Daughter and wife there on Sunday. Cost us $60 + $5 parking.
Considering the target audience is children, the exhibits were poorly designed. The whole Earth & Sky area was interesting, with some neat concepts showing erosion using water and large tables. There was also a really interesting river system table that was about 30 feet long. Too bad it was all too high for the kids to see. I could barely reach them, and the only way my daughter could is if I physically put here on the exhibit. There was a serious lack of explanation at the "experiments", and nobody around to help explain stuff. That was a consistent theme throughout the entire building.
The Being Human I though would be interesting. They basically explored the 5 senses, but not very much in detail. They also had a 6 picture display on how humans are created that ended in a display with a used? female and male condom. There was also a flirting thing where you were supposed to flirt and see if it made you sweat. Also a hugging booth that had 70's porn music to raise your Oxytocin levels. There was also some thing you could open and listen to stories about "when I was young" feature someone with a thick Southern US accent. Very relevant to Canada.
The Open Studio A huge room that had a bunch of craft stations stocked with crap. One was for taking apart a stereo or other electronics. Literally ripping them apart. Nobody there to explain it, just simply busting up stuff. Real great for small kids.. nothing like a kid tearing open a electrolytic capacitor and splattering its contents around. The rest was coloring, drawing, or gluing garbage together then putting it into a very slow "wind" tunnel to see the garbage swirl. Thanks, but I can drive by a construction site on a windy day to see that.
There was a small section dedicated to electronic music and art, where they had wands that you could use to shine light on a screen and make some sound "DJ".. but it only had basically a crappy whoooooo noise that went up and down in tone. The rest of the "power" section was advertising for O&G..
The Kids Creative Museum wasn't open when I was there, but it reads like a big indoor playground.
We caught the last 10 minutes of the Presentation Theatre.. where they demonstrated convection by putting water in a large hanging balloon and putting a candle under it. Boom.. they also put a blown up balloon in liquid nitrogen.. that was neat to watch it re-inflate as it thawed.
So, if you want a good time, go to the Zoo. You'll have a lot more fun.