Saturday, May 9, 2015

At the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium

Earlier today... a little on the pricier side but the nephews had fun.


Push button air bubbles


He loved this


Some kind of musical instrument


'Fish' he called out


He loved this water fall play toy


Looking for fossils


El Niño 3D presentation

6 comments:

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

That's nice. Made me smile. Kids should be happy. Thank you.

Chip Ahoy said...

Mario Lopes talks about the television show Tanked and the Boys and Girls club.

They installed an aquarium in one of the clubs includes a video game and bike. The kids pedal and create bubbles. The kids LOVE it because they're imagining it helping the fish survive. But it's LIES all LIES the bubbles have nothing to do with that.

Okay, not that video. That was different.They didn't even show it.

A message so important, so urgent for you to know and share that an advertisement is slapped in front of it.

The illusion tank is so impressive I didn't even see it. Did you see it?

I sore it.

Okay, not that video.

Okay, not that one either.

They seem reluctant to spoil the surprise.

Youtube [tanked, boys and girls club] Good

aerate ≠ oxygenate

He tells Mario, "...pedal and pedal, it releases oxygen into the system." No. And he knows that.

Oxygen is delivered into the system at the surface by surface agitation. The bubbles contribute oxygen only so far as they agitate the surface. The bubbles themselves do little to nothing.

And yet, carbon dioxide IS delivered by bubbles, through sparging, making the bubbles tiny and spreading throughout, and by holding a big bubble underwater so its surface rubs off into the water, and by bubbles rising to the top and shedding molecules as they rise and that's it. Very little carbon dioxide by these bubbles has a huge effect on underwater plants. (along with increased light)

But it's cute and the kids love it and it keeps them busy and engaged.

AllenS said...

Hey, what about me? I wanna go there. Can I take my rod and reel? I see there's fish in the tank ready to be caught.

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

Adorable little kid. That hair!

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I sometimes wonder if I would be a happier adult if I had been one of those kids who got one of those plastic, bubble-operated pirate chest/pirate skeleton ornaments for his fish tank and thought it was totally awesome.

Trooper York said...

Hey I didn't know that Pascual Perez was your brother in law?