Our first field trip!

Our first field trip actually happened before we started school, but when you are someone who likes a free day you do what you gotta do!  Our first trip was to the Museum of Flight.  Prior to going we did a two week study about flight.  The second week I went to the museums web sight found their education section and printed off work books for the kids.  This was very cool because it got them excited to see different things when we arrived.

We had learned all about pitch, yaw, and roll at home.  The girls loved putting it in to practice and Melia lead all the kids around yelling pitch up, pitch down, yaw right.

 Kellina most enjoyed the Blue Angels simulator ride(sorry no photos).  Which is funny because she didn't even want to get on it and looked bored once in it.  But turns out she loved it!  I loved seeing all the planes.  I mean really how often do you see planes hanging from the ceiling?

They also have a very fun kids area.  The kids got to sit in small planes and make different parts move(like the rudder and elevator).  They got to pretend to hang glide(yes, I did it too) and be in a hot air balloon.  And ride in a helicopter.

And then there were the cool teenagers who had different activities set up in the big main area.  They were all meant to show something about outer space.  In this one Kellina is giving directions to her friend, who has closed eyes, to try and land the shuttle in the cup. 

 In this one you had to wear big plastic gloves and try and save Buzz.

 By far though the area that all the kids LOVED the best was this area.

It was set up like a flight tower.  You got to hear over the speakers live feed from the real tower.  You could pick up various phones and hear recordings of people.  And you could watch planes take off and land!!   While we were there, there happened to be a thunder and lightening storm going on.  Which made for a beautiful show on the long ride home.

 I really enjoyed this trip and since free day is once a month I plan to go back.  We didn't even go into one section of the museum!