Our 8-year-old daughter eagerly pulled the cord to launch her water rocket. Whoosh! And then... oops. The rocket launched so explosively that the (mostly decorative) tail fins gently floated to the ground as the rocket shot up above the roof…
Read More Girl Scout Rocket Launch at the Cradle of Aviation
It became a heated battle as a dozen children quickly started bidding on the fossilized fish. The bids started at a mere token and almost instantly climbed up to 20 tokens and went far beyond, but how was that possible?…
Read More New York Paleontological Society’s Annual Holidays Party
I could see the focus and determination on my daughter's face as she and my husband alternated pulling the 2-person saw back and forth. Shrush! Shrush! Shrush! Success! They cut through their log in just under 44 seconds to win…
Read More The Long Island Fair at Old Bethpage Restoration Village
We excitedly walked along the dark path and saw the glowing orbs in the distance. As we got closer, we started seeing the exquisite details of thousands and thousands of incredibly carved pumpkins. All of us started pointing out the…
Read More Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns at Old Westbury Gardens
"By a show of hands, could you tell us which of you ate the mealworms, caterpillars, and grasshoppers?" This was a question I asked 18 middle school students during the family presentation time at the Adventures in Science's Evolution Institute…
Read More Adventures in Science Family Time at the American Museum of Natural History
After a long search through the vast field, my daughter's search was over. She found just what she was looking for - an unusual looking green gourd with a long graceful neck, the appropriately named swan gourd! One of our…
After he finished blending the yellow and orange together, he carefully applied several strokes of black paint. Voila! The man had magically transformed my daughter's face into an African savannah landscape complete with a cheetah, a lion, a giraffe, an…
The 5 children made a few wrong turns as they interpreted the map and raced across the college campus in pursuit of the statues. Finally, they spotted something hiding among the shrubs - 2 smiling lions were staring at them!…
Read More Sculpture Exploration Backpack at the Hofstra University Museum
As we entered the secured, gated area, we could hear a loud rumbling "Aaroo! Aaroo!" in the distance. Our guide, John David, explained that we were hearing the roar of a male lion! This was our introduction to the carnivorous…
There were more than 40 kids between the ages of 7 and 17 assembled. All of them had a hungry, gleam in their eyes as they got ready to shoot with bows and arrows. This has become a regular sight…
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