Monday, October 20, 2008

Mad Science....

Last Thursday, Kristen was so nice to invite us down to her work for a tour of their lab. Shane and Bradee are science nuts and Kristen thought this would be really fun. She was right! All the other kids enjoyed it too!
We started out with lunch at Noodles and Company.
Marlee and Kaycee
Savannah & Bradee
Shane and Allyson
Then we headed over to Axial Biotech - Kristen's work
Got the kids all suited up in lab coats
Here's Marlee's best impression of Dr. Evil :)
Here's the kids and Marc the scientist who is explaining about DNA - how interesting....
Bradee holding a real science tool - that i totally forgot the name of (she could tell you though!)
The kids got to put on latex gloves and feel this gel that they use in their DNA testing
Here Marc is explaining how the strains filter out and show up on the computer....you can sort of see it on the screen in the background
For the Grand Finale Marc threw some dry ice in the sink and let the kids watch it bubble and smoke. They had a blast!
Thanks Kristen & Marc!!!

3 comments:

Lindsay said...

How fun is that! It reminds me of NCIS! So cool!

Harisay Happenings said...

Geez Andrea did you not pay attention! The tool is called a "pipette" Just Kidding! I LOVE LOVE the picture of Marlee being Dr. Evil - too cute!

Emily said...

What a blast! I especially love Marlee's Dr. Evil. LOL!