Science can be fun?

Yesterday I visited the Science Museum of Virginia for the first time. Well, I had been there for various events before, but never to actually go through the exhibits. Josh joined me and we headed straight for the shark exhibit. They had a pretty neat sand sculpture, and we got to pet a shark. We also pet a baby horseshoe crab. Josh claims he has pet many sharks before, but this was my first encounter.



The museum has other fun stuff, too.


Oooh, magic.


Somehow turning this spinning wheel on its side made his chair spin faster. I didn't catch the science of it all.

The museum also has this really fun Mindbender exhibit, with lots of puzzles to solve. You have to go around solving certain puzzles and learning clues, and then if you get them all right you get to have your picture taken and be in the "Mindbender Society." We made it.



After the museum we saw the IMAX movie about sharks. Did you know the manta ray (a relative of the shark) can be bigger than the size of a minivan???

All that shark action inspired us to eat some raw fish ourselves, so we had sushi for dinner. It rounded out the day pretty well I think.