Science in the summer Summer is almost over, and you haven't taken that quintessential family vacation. I took a tour around the Internet to help you find science museums to visit. For those of you not near any museums, I found some sites that are loaded with activities that you and your children can enjoy at home.
Kids can also crush soda cans using air pressure, blow up balloons inside flasks, and brew iced tea.
CCM also hosts special events each Sunday called Scienterrific Sundays. You can leap though the annals of flight history, seeing everything from hang-gliders to lunar exploration vehicles. While the kids explore space and flight though simulated airplane cockpits, weightless rooms, and telescopes, adults can enjoy one of the daily science demonstrations or catch a lecture at the Albert Einstein Planetarium. Upon entering the museum, also in Washington, you are greeted by the sights and sounds of a huge, taxidermic male African elephant in his native habitat. Visit the Discovery Room, the O. Orkin Insect Zoo, the Hands-On Science Center, or the Hope Diamond exhibit.