Science City at KC Union Station

Union Station in downtown Kansas City is the location of Science City. This is a collection of various kinds of exhibits that explain a variety of scientific principals in fun and easy to learn ways. It is an ideal way to introduce children to the sciences.

I went in thinking we'd be there for a few hours and we ended up staying for  six hours and still didn't make it to about a third of the exhibits.

Ready to go!

Watching the coins race to the bottom in a huge spiral 

This was great fun  and a way to watch your image be projected onto a screen while in motion in front of it.

How to experience high 'tornado like' winds in an enclosed area 

Spaceship slides

Beautiful wood work made for tunnels with interesting shapes

Floor lighting that changes color with pressure

One portion of the exhibit

Building blocks were a lot of fun

We spent an hour or so making towers from wooden pieces

This was a bit of a challenge as the table wobbles and is not a solid building platform

Emery building away

Bennett kept going up and up with his creation

Most proud of his accomplishment

KAPLA is the brand of blocks they provided. Great packaging!

The principal of compressed air having power was realized by the use of a pump used to create pressure to shoot soda bottles

                                            

We had a lot of fun with reflecting mirrors

You could ride bicycles on a high wire if you were taller than 54"

We got in 'tug of war' battles with other museum goers using ropes mounted to a lever. The take off point on the lever differed on each side giving one team a decided advantage.

A rotating wheel let the user generate power by walking around the inside. If you stopped, the wheel would continue and give you quite the ride.

Another exhibit let you generate power by pedaling and see the difference in lighting LED's vs incandescent bulbs

This was fun to see how rotating magnets generate power to activate various devices

The haunted house exhibit included this novel reflection of  tiny floor tiles into a highly polished post

Sky Bike in action

This water works exhibit was good for hours of fun 

Bennett loved learning about water flow and plugging holes in tubes of water

This was the highlight for our grandsons. The users position various slats of colored plastic to alter the flow of water thru the slight downward tilt and understand the effects of water dynamics. 

This was a very popular exhibit

Multiple exposure technology made for a fun image

Pulleys and chairs showed the concept of mechanical leverage

Then off to Fritz's to have diner type food delivered by toy trains 

Train engines travel around the top of the restaurant and deposit food on a tray at your table which then lowers to deliver the food.

Bennett discovered cherry milk shakes to his liking.

So did Emery