More planning

After looking through UT's long list of libraries, I found the Kuehne Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy library. This is perfect since it is physics for Charles and astronomy for me (I chose planets as my topic). Although, I'm fairly certain that I won't be able to use any information from this library in my multimedia project, maybe there will be some further suggestions about where to get information or possibly some exhibits on astronomy. Charles will be able to peruse the different physics books, so that will keep him happy! :)

After reading a few positive thoughts about the State Cemetery, I think we'll try to schedule a trip there. That should really please Ethan and we've never been there before. I was a little disappointed to see online that in order to reserve a tour guide, the party had to be 10 or more. According to a student in my class, the tour guides were great in the fact that they described some of the gruesome deaths of the buried folks in the cemetery - my kids would have gotten a kick out of that. I did notice that they do have an audio tour of the cemetery and one of the people buried there is Stephen F. Austin, so that should be enough to make up for the lack of a guided tour (Ethan is a big SFA fan).

I looked online for the address of Austin's Public Library and was saddened that I did not see one big library but several small branches of APL. Maybe I wasn't looking in the right place, but since I can't seem to find one large library, I think I will reserve the public library requirement for Temple. I know that Temple is rather small compared to Austin, but it is a nice sized library and it is nearby. This is important since a public library is one where my kids can check out books. This way they can be occupied looking for books while I can hopefully get a chance to speak to one of the many librarians.