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Sleepover at the Science Museum
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Have you been to the Science Museum in London? Yes? Can you imagine sleeping among ships and engines with 400 other people? No? Well LIII have!
Friday the 13th February – unlucky for some, but the date of a great adventure for LIII, when we set off to spend a night in the Science Museum in London. It was probably the most fascinating, fun and factual science lesson on the body that we have ever had.
If you squeal when someone as much as sniffs, skip this section, as the first part of the science trip was (say, “sneeze”) making snot! It was green, gross and looked so real, who would have thought it had started out as glue, water, green food colouring and a secret chemical ingredient!
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The enthusiastic museum staff did an excellent job of trying to wear us out; we had to move between all the floors to all the various activities! Staggering up to the top floor for our second session, we were greeted by brains: making ours work so late at night, and on a Friday was certainly a challenge. After examining a calf’s brain and doing more memory tests, we were back on the stairs again – this time to a session on “Glorious Blood” – the lecturer’s red stained hands and sharp teeth were just a little unnerving but he certainly knew his subject. It was almost midnight when we met Amy Johnson and sitting underneath her actual plane, heard her fascinating story.
We’ll gloss over the wee small hours between bed and the wake- up call; sleepwalkers, sleeptalkers, sleep deprived, and snorers: the staff heard, saw and experienced the lot!
Walking (again) past rockets and the first computers, eating muffins for breakfast, exploring the displays on recent inventions and it still wasn’t even 8.00am!
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Large glasses, large screen, and large bugs – it was the IMAX. LIII watched what had to be the truly realistic, exciting and sometimes scary, “Bugs 3D”. Set in the rainforest and following the lives of bugs, the 3D effect gave a finishing touch. Watching as a caterpillar turned into a butterfly, and the hungry growth of a praying mantis, until their lives met – did you feel sad or privileged to have been part of their adventures? Everyone came out, eager to share, compare and talk.
After this extravaganza, it was almost the end; but there was still the hands-on visit to the Launch Pad, the presentation of prizes (well done Zoe), a visit to the shop, then the coach trip home - and we still had enough energy to sing for most of the journey!
What an excellent trip!
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Jennifer, Lizzie, Emma and Caroline
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Welcome
Lower III (Year 6)
Residential Trip
Science
