• Meet Our Family
  • Florida Life
  • Home Tour

Our Potluck Family

  • FAMILY
    • Marriage
    • Kids
    • Pets
    • Adventures
    • Fitness
  • FOOD
    • Appetizers
    • Beverages
    • Desserts
    • Meal Ideas
    • Nutrition
  • DIY
    • Kid Crafts
    • Gardening
    • Holiday Crafts
    • Paper Crafts
    • Sewing Projects
    • Technology
    • Home Decor
  • ENTERTAIN
    • Adult Parties
    • Kid Parties
    • Family Parties
    • Holiday Parties
  • CONTACT & PR
  • Privacy Policy

July.24.2015 · 2 Comments

Trip to the South Florida Science Center

Adventures· FAMILY· Kids

Sharing is caring!

0shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

I received annual passes in exchange for this post. The opinions expressed are honest. 

A few weeks ago, we had a fun day with friends visiting the South Florida Science Center. It’s an interactive museum for children in West Palm Beach. I will start with what appeared to be the children’s favorite room: the Aquariums of the Atlantic. The aquarium room had lots of different tanks for the children to explore with all different types of saltwater and freshwater creatures. They loved seeing the barracuda, sharks, tropical reef fish, and crustaceans in all of the tanks. There was even an employee feeding the fish while we were there, and the kids that it was so cool!

kids fish tank In the adjoining room, the Florida Conservation Station, the kids got to put on their lab coats and pretend to be scientists. They checked out all different animal skulls together and learned about a variety of living things in Florida.

Kids Lab CoatsNext up? The States of Matter Room. Here, the children learned hands-on about electricity, magnetism, and wind, as well as the differences between solids, liquids, and gases.

Bryce electricityKids ElectricityBryce Ball

water magnets

Lydia really enjoyed this wind machine! She had fun posing as her hair went flying everywhere. What a little ham!

Lydia Wind

Afterwards, we moved into the Discovery Center. This area is specifically designed for children ages six and under. There were so many hands-on activities to experience! Of course, the large water table was a hit with all of the kids. Children this age seem to love almost any type of sensory play.

Lydia explores water

Bryce plays waterI think this was my favorite part! It’s a really cool lit-up wall that reminds me of a life-sized version of a Lite Brite, one of the toys I loved as a child. The children were able to insert large, multi-colored pegs into the wall to make it light up. They had fun play altogether.

Kids play Light Bright

Bryce Light Bright

From now through October 18th, visitors can check out the “Eww… What’s Eating You?” exhibit. At this exhibit, you will get to:

  • Journey through an oversized scalp and explore head lice in magnified human hairs.
  • Pull on the elongated hookworm to view its amazing journey throughout the human body.
  • Jump as high as you can to ring the top bell and recognize the world’s highest and longest jumper
  • Spin the vintage wheel-of-fortune and find the probability of being host to a parasitic disease.
  • Play dress-up to look like all types of creatures, including reptiles and insects.

It’s a grossly fun room for kids!  Kids Color

Every kid loves these fun cut-outs. They make great photo opps, especially when a group of children all pose together. How cute are they as see creatures?sea creatures

We also took a trip outdoors to dig for fossils. Children can sift through sand to locate shark’s teeth or purchase a bucket of dirt in the gift shop to discover different gemstones. As a family, you can travel the nature trails outdoors. This is something we’re saving for our next visit to the science center! As we were leaving, we had to snap one final picture running from the dinosaurs. Roar!

dinosaur run

Are you looking for a fun day in South Florida with your children? If so, check out the South Florida Science Center, right next to the Palm Beach Zoo. The science center also has a really cool planetarium that you can visit for an additional fee. We watched a movie about the contest that Google is hosting to reward a team, anywhere in the world, who can successfully and inexpensively travel to the moon. It was a great movie!

Visit out the South Florida Science Center website for more information about exhibits and events.

Related Posts

  • Back-to-School Teacher Gift BasketBack-to-School Teacher Gift Basket
  • Setting Realistic Fitness GoalsSetting Realistic Fitness Goals
  • Bacon Mac and Cheese with Four CheesesBacon Mac and Cheese with Four Cheeses
  • Christmas Dessert BarChristmas Dessert Bar

Related

« Beach Spa Party Ideas
Cajun Lobster Boil Recipe »

Trackbacks

  1. Summer 2015 At-a-Glance - Huppie Mama says:
    August.22.2015 at 10:32 pm

    […] love going to museums together, and this summer, we visited the South Florida Science Center, Museum of Discovery and Science, and Young at Art Museum. It was really fun to visit some of […]

    Reply
  2. Family Time at South Florida Science Center - Our Potluck Family says:
    June.8.2017 at 7:17 am

    […] more about our previous trip to South Florida Science Center two years […]

    Reply

Any Comments? Cancel reply

Carrie + Richard are a dynamic wife + husband blogging team, raising two children in North Florida. Topics of interest include recipes, crafts, entertaining, and family fun!

View this profile on Instagram

Carrie + Richard (@ourpotluckfamily) • Instagram photos and videos

CHECK OUT THESE FAVORITES

  • Sourdough Cinnamon Roll Recipe by Carrie Wells, Ed.D.
  • Egg Carton Wreath Easter Craft by Carrie Wells, Ed.D.
  • Paper Plate Penguin by Carrie Wells, Ed.D.

FREE E-BOOK DOWNLOAD

Learn about Nature e-book

  • FAMILY
  • FOOD
  • DIY
  • ENTERTAIN
  • CONTACT & PR
  • Privacy Policy

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Copyright © 2022 · captivating theme by Restored 316