My family uses My Father’s World for our home school curriculum. One thing that I love about it is that is uses a 4-day school week. That leaves Fridays to be a make-up day, light day, or field trip day. This year, my kids and I are going to try to take field trips around our city on Fridays. We are challenging ourselves to try a lot of new places.
Summary:
Our latest field trip was to the Science Center of Iowa. We have been there several times before, and the kids always have a great time and learn lot. This time, they especially loved making and launching rockets, and going to the planetarium where they learned more about Orion, a constellation we have studied a bit this year.
![We learned about reptiles native to Iowa at the Science Center of Iowa](https://www.theginghamapron.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_4245-500x375.jpg)
Cost:
Check out varied admission prices here.
Highs:
The highlight of the trip was that WHO TV was doing a live noon weather broadcast in which the kids got to participate. Check out their calender if you’d like to participate.
![Learning about meteorology at the Science Center of Iowa](https://www.theginghamapron.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_4242-e1415216967515-500x485.jpg)
![Learning about the Weather at the Science Center of Iowa](https://www.theginghamapron.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_4244-e1415217092895-375x500.jpg)
Lows:
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