July 12, 2011

Science and Spirits

We head to the Australian Museum all day (Sydney's Museum of Natural History).  Some good activities going on for the school holiday.

There's a puppet show about aboriginal spiritual folk tales.  Julia strains to get chosen as a volunteer, and the narrator/presenter picks three out of three boys.  Assuming that was just a fluke and not some kind of sexism going on.  Could not imagine that happening in America or someone would quickly get a lawyer involved.


Photo by Graham.


Then there’s a science workshop on flight for 5-8 yr olds that Julia had seem interested in.  We talked to the guide about it and he described it to her – you learn about how different animals fly, insects, birds, dinosaurs and so on and how they evolved this ability.  “Yeah!” Julia exclaimed, “That sounds good!!”  I have to confess, I love that she's a science nerd like me. :)


 Graham found ways to occupy himself during Julia's class.



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