Planetarium

Today I had the privilege of being the only parent to accompany Sabrina's class to a field trip, and we went to the new Rio Tinto Planetarium on the Olympic Park. It's new and really cool, and while it's not as great as the Hayden Planetarium at the museum of science in Boston (21 meters, 423 people), it's a close second with an 18 meter dome and 200 people capacity. That said though the show was a tad light on actual scientific facts and the kids were more impressed by the Continuum show, a 20 minute multimedia show without a thread of substance. In some ways I miss the old Planetarium Dow. It was bigger, and intellectually more rewarding. It was still a good experience. Here are some pictures

Sabrina on the bus, going to the Planetarium

Sabrina with best friends at lunch

Waiting to get in

Waiting for the show, with a friend (Mathieu and her had a little something....)

On our way back to school. Isn't she so pretty.