This week I’ve been sharing all about the various field trips we went on while our family was visiting from out of town. It was just one of a few ways I still kept our week educational even though we were busy catching up with our loved ones. One of the field trips we went on was the St. Louis Science Center!
We absolutely LOVE the Science center, and usually end up here more than once a year. My husband is a total Science buff so this is one of his favorite places to visit in St. Louis. Plus, it’s FREE to get in (one of my favorite things about St. Louis! So many free museums!) so we definitely try to take advantage of as much of that as possible.
Tweet ThisOur kids favorite exhibit, of course, is the dinosaur section! My girls are obsessed with dinosaurs, so seeing the giant robots, and digging for fossils had them on cloud nine.
The best part of this trip was when one of the workers came out to talk about the dinosaurs with the girls. The poor girl really had no idea what she was getting herself into with my girls and was blown away when they knew the names to every dinosaur she tried to talk about before she could tell them what it was. The woman just kind of looked at us all completely shocked and said “Wow! They really know their stuff!”. “Yep”, I said, “We homeschool”. Ha!
I totally love when that happens!
(Btw, do your kids love dinosaurs as much as mine do? If so, check out this deal at *Educents on *Expedition Dinosaurs by The Happy Trunck! This looks like fun!)
My personal favorite exhibit is the indoor bridge that goes over highway 55 that connects the old building to the new one. They have these windows in the floors so you can see the cars passing underneath, and you can clock the speed of the cars driving down the highway so you can see who’s speeding and who isn’t. So fun!
One thing you can never forget to do while visiting the science center, is build the Arch! I remember using these blocks when I was a little girl and remember thinking it was almost impossible to do. It would take a whole group of us kids to try to put it all together, and when we would succeed it would feel like the biggest accomplishment! I’m happy to see that some things never change, and that feeling is passed on to my girls as well. It’s so cool to watch them do something you did when you were their age!
Have you ever visited the St. Louis Science Center? Does your city have it’s own science center? If so, what is your favorite exhibit? Comment and share below!
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Amy says
October 30, 2015 at 11:16 pmThis homeschool field trip looks like so much fun! I love when your girls built the arch of blocks! Gorgeous pictures too!
Jeanetta Roberts says
November 4, 2015 at 12:01 amThanks! They loved that too. They keep asking when we’re going back.. ha!
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Iveth (fortheloveto.com) says
November 2, 2015 at 9:13 pmI Love dinosaurs…. this looks like a great place to visit… thanks for linking with #Alittlebitofeverything
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Jeanetta Roberts says
November 4, 2015 at 12:02 amThanks for stopping by and for hosting!
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Kaitlyn says
November 3, 2015 at 8:01 amThanks for participating in the LEFO linkup! I’m super excited I found this post; we have a science museum here, but I haven’t taken my 2-1/2 year old. I’m super afraid it’ll bee waste of money for her age. She turns 3 in March though,and I thought it would be a great event for her. Thank you for sharing everything; it looks like you guys had a stunning blastttt!
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Jeanetta Roberts says
November 4, 2015 at 12:03 amI’m not sure what yours is like there but my girls have loved ours since they were really little, so it might be worth a shot! But then again, ours is free. I’m not sure if I would have paid to take them when they were that young. Maybe your museum has a discounted rate for kids under a certain age? You might be able to see if they have any sections good for the littles too before you go. Good luck, and thanks for stopping by!
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Branson says
November 3, 2015 at 2:50 pmI miss St. Louis so much!!! We lived in Farmington for about 7 years after we got married, and I often think what a bummer it is that we don’t have the awesome resources they make available for families now that we have a kiddo of our own! I love Nebraska, but that part of Missouri will forever have part of my heart! <3
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Jeanetta Roberts says
November 3, 2015 at 5:04 pmOh wow I had no idea you were from Farmington. We’re in Festus! Small world huh?! Yes when we moved to Idaho and Utah for a while it helped me remember how good we have it here in STL with the free museums and other resources. Plus, we have our Cardinals of course 😉 haha! Thanks for stopping by and commenting today!
Erin @ Nourishing My Scholar says
November 3, 2015 at 7:04 pmOh what great fun! We love museums. We love dinosaurs. We would have enjoyed this one very much! Looks like you guys had a blast.
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Jeanetta Roberts says
November 4, 2015 at 12:05 amThanks for stopping by and commenting! Yes, we’re huge dinosaur lovers in this house. You’ll have to visit STL sometime and check it out for yourself! 😉
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Gail Akeman says
November 3, 2015 at 9:00 pmMy family loves the St. Louis Science Center. We don’t live too far from it.
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Jeanetta Roberts says
November 3, 2015 at 10:10 pmHey neighbor! lol! We love it too!