What is Science all about after all?

Today was the first day of this short weeks holiday. I am not too sure who decides how long and when our school holidays are exactly but I am pretty sure that it is someone who does not actually have children at school. So, we are given a week to rest up before the last hectic term hurtles towards up. Needles to say, we are making the best of it.  

Today we set off bright and early to the Science Center.   This was a project funded and supported by MTN in the past which meant that their center of science was situated in a shopping center in the middle of suburbia. Now that MTN withdrew their financial support the science center was forced to close down. We were extremely saddened by this move.

The new Cape Town Science Center has opened its doors. You can find it on Main Road in Observatory. It has a trendy address and a far better location in my opinion. Now children from all over Cape Town can access the center with ease. The new premises are bright and big and have potential for growth and development. 

Much of the same science 'stuff' has traveled from the old to the new. So we had fun with the building materials ; the kinetic music maker ; the brain wave measure r; the train ; wave simulator; multi mirror triangle and much , much more.

The great thing about the science center is that it caters for all ages. We can visit it as a family and there is something for all of the children. The center also has workshops that it runs which are free.

While we visited London a few years ago, we visited the Natural History Museum. They have a science floor which is quite spectacular. I remember taking James and Thomas there when they were just 4 and 2 and we had a great deal of fun. Our local Science center is nothing quite like that. We dont have the funds for it. But it is good. The children have a great deal that they can learn about what science is and there are loads of fun things to stretch those brain muscles. I loved the fact that today lots of children were enjoying the center who were obviously from disadvantaged backgrounds.

We often hear via the media that South Africa really desperately needs to up our Science and Maths school marks. Well, I think that the Science Center is contributing in a healthy way to the attitude of children towards Science. 

The Cape Town Science Center Rocks!