Visited the Fort Worth Museum of Science & History today! It's one of the museums that honor our American Children's Museums association membership, meaning we got in for free! We've now visited the Children's Museum of Memphis, the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock, & this one! that membership has been paid for already & it hasn't even been 3 months.
The Leonardo da Vinci exhibit was excellent, but the "energy blast" movie was a clear reason why we should be skeptical of corporate sponsored science; it was all about how natural gas is formed & what an amazing person this one guy is for finding out how to get to some of it in Texas. Fine & dandy & really amazing how he did it, but not a word about the possible environmental impact of the drilling method or the use of natural gas itself. The exhibit was clearly sponsored by the company who's praises it was singing. Not impressed.
The rest of the exhibits were great, & Ganon can't stop talking about the museum & how much fun he had. That makes me happy. I realize I'm capable of giving him so many more learning opportunities than I had at his age, & I plan to take full advantage of that fact. :)
The Leonardo da Vinci exhibit was excellent, but the "energy blast" movie was a clear reason why we should be skeptical of corporate sponsored science; it was all about how natural gas is formed & what an amazing person this one guy is for finding out how to get to some of it in Texas. Fine & dandy & really amazing how he did it, but not a word about the possible environmental impact of the drilling method or the use of natural gas itself. The exhibit was clearly sponsored by the company who's praises it was singing. Not impressed.
The rest of the exhibits were great, & Ganon can't stop talking about the museum & how much fun he had. That makes me happy. I realize I'm capable of giving him so many more learning opportunities than I had at his age, & I plan to take full advantage of that fact. :)
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