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April 30, 2025

Second Graders Explore the Rochester Museum & Science Center

Our second graders had an exciting adventure at the Rochester Museum & Science Center! Students played and participated in hands-on exhibits exploring the wonders of science, culture, and the natural world.

Four students stand by a water table, one giving a thumbs up.            A teacher and two students smile for a photo.

 

Four students smile and pose for a photo while leaning over a wooden railing.            Two students smile and peek through a blue mesh net, illuminated by glowing white shapes.

 

A students smiles as they interact with an exhibit.            Three students wearing hard hats and safety vests stand in front of a wall of safety equipment.

 

Three students stand in a cave-like exhibit, smiling.            Three students stand in front of a mammoth skeleton exhibit.

 

Two students stand in front of an exhibit about beavers, with a diorama of a beaver lodge and a pond in the background.            Students excitedly excavate a mastodon skeleton at a dig site exhibit.

 

Three students collaborate to pull a rope.            Students play with a science exhibit, manipulating a rope to control a ball in a clear tube.

 

Students watch intently as another student pulls a rope attached to a science experiment.            Four students look up at an exhibit.

 

One teacher and two students watch a 3D projection of a person in an exhibit.            Two students and a teacher examine a diorama of a wetland habitat, featuring grasses and small animals.

 

Students play in a water table exhibit, exploring the water and toys.            Students play with water and toys in a large, interactive exhibit.

 

A group of students smile and pose on a glowing platform inside a netted play area.            Students climb and play on a colorful, interactive structure resembling a fishnet.

 

Two students play in a yellow crane cab, pretending to operate a construction crane.            A student operates a toy crane, lifting a bucket of bricks. The sign reads 'Be a Crane Operator.'

 

Two students watch as a science educator demonstrates an experiment with a plastic bottle and tubing.            Two students experience a hurricane simulation, standing inside a clear cylinder with swirling imagery.

 

Two students stand inside of a clear cylinder hurricane simulation.            Two students stand inside a clear cylinder hurricane simulator. A yellow sticker with the text 'RMSC Museum & Science Center' is visible.