{"id":4068,"date":"2011-12-31T16:05:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T14:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/zaparents-blog\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2022-08-11T12:26:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T10:26:15","slug":"a-day-at-the-coolest-science-museum-in-jozi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/activities-and-outings\/museums\/a-day-at-the-coolest-science-museum-in-jozi\/","title":{"rendered":"A day at the coolest science museum in Jozi"},"content":{"rendered":"

We spent the day in Newtown, Johannesburg, today\u2026 at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre.<\/a> It\u2019s like a science museum only cooler\u2026 way cooler. \u00a0It\u2019s 3 floors of stuff\u2026 packed with coolness and loads to keep the kids occupied.<\/p>\n

It was easily the most fun we\u2019ve ever had for R30!! Seriously, that\u2019s all it cost to get in, because Connor was \u201cfree\u201d \u2018cos he\u2019s under 6. \u00a0 We got there at 11:30am\u2026 and I managed to drag them out of there at 3:30pm!! And they were complaining that they didn\u2019t want to go home yet.<\/p>\n

I was in two minds about going to Sci-Bono. \u00a0The only people I knew that have been there, have got little kids. \u00a0I was worried that Bradley would get bored. \u00a0Well, I\u2019m not actually sure who was more engaged by the centre actually. \u00a0They definitely got different things out of the day. \u00a0 Connor was just interested in getting things to work. \u00a0Bradley would intently read instructions to get them to work right\u2026 but he\u2019s not yet interested in why it works like it does\u2026 and I\u2019m sure older kids\/teens would be\u2026 so it caters for all ages. \u00a0And it\u2019s under cover!! Perfect for a rainy day! And for those worried about going to \u201cscary\u201d Joburg\u00a0\u00a0the parking lot is right outside with a guard<\/p>\n

The highlight of the place was definitely the Murray and Roberts construction site. \u00a0The boys kept coming back here. \u00a0There was a \u201csite office\u201d where they had to get kitted out with hard hats and bibs. \u00a0There were piles of foam bricks and cement to build walls between steel structures\u2026<\/p>\n

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I managed to tear them away to get them to a science show at 12:30pm. \u00a0And on the way we got sidetracked by this machine that showed pressure in a chamber when you used a lever to spin a soccer ball<\/p>\n

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The science show was fabulous. \u00a0They used chemicals to produce fires and all sorts of cool things for the kids to see\u2026 in this experiment she blew cake flour out of a funnel and lit it\u2026 I did not know that flour could burn like that! Then she made bubbles with liquid nitrogen and I can\u2019t remember what else .<\/p>\n

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Then it was time to see the dinosaurs. \u00a0They were awesome, and roared and moved when you pressed a button. \u00a0Really cool for the kids!<\/p>\n

\"scienceBoth boys loved the Eskom section where they played with circuits and currents\u2026 this one used batteries to get a train to move around a track.<\/p>\n

\"scienceThis was them running to get back to the construction area after being through all 3 floors of magnetic, electric and musical fun\u2026.<\/p>\n

\"scienceWe\u2019ll definitely be back. \u00a0Connor wants to go there again tomorrow\u2026 LOL! And I\u2019ve definitely decided that this is a definite party venue for one of them this year!<\/p>\n

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