TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - — Thousands of families were working out their brains Saturday and getting excited about science while exploring the highest powered magnet lab in the world.
The Crombie family was busy checking out more than one hundred engaging activities at The National High Magnetic Field Lab on Saturday.
The event aims to get children, like Ethan and Hayes, interested in STEM.
And at 6-years-old, Ethan is definitely hungry for science.
"I like making energy. You can get on a bike and put a wire to the back wheel and attach the wire to the stove and then you can cook by running the bicycle," said Ethan Crombie.
The theme at the 24th annual open house centered around food and science.
From creating nitrogen ice cream to looking at microscopic images of food to video games with a science twist.
Children can even play scientific Pac-Man! Touching the oranges creates a circuit with the computer so you can use them as a controller where touching each orange moves you in a different direction.
"It's a really good way for them to see science in action and get them interested. Oh, he's interested in the Ms. Pacman orange completing the circuit game," said Megan Crombie.
Ethan and Hayes leave the lab excited to have learned while they played, seeing the world a little differently than when they came in.
Organizers say close to 9,000 people came out to the national mag lab for Saturday's open house and you can mark your calender's for the 25th annual event next February.
