It was the 16th of June. It was exactly 11.30pm when Towradgi kids were lining up excitedly for our excursion to the Science Centre.
Firstly, we started to walk out of the gate and on the footpath. While we were walking, we were waving at the people in the cars to see if they beep or wave. We were passing the construction workers and one of the workers was in a big vehicle and he beeped three times. It sounded like the beep from a cartoon which was funny.
After a long walk we finally arrived at the Science Centre and a lady in a brown coat opened the gate and took us inside. There were two more people inside named Macey and Toby. Then the teachers called our names to see if we were here and everyone was here. We then got split. The Year 5’s with the Year 6’s and the Year 3’s with the Year 4’s.
Thirdly we went to the STEM zone, and we had Macey. She told us what to do and we had to get into groups and build a tower with the material in the box. Then when you were done it went on the wobble board against another teams. Then the wobble board started to wobble and the last tower standing won. It was fun.
Then we went downstairs to the Planetarium and a lady called Panse was telling us about the planets. When you looked up, you could see shining stars, planets, the Milky Way and many more interesting things. We learnt so much about them.
Next, we went to the shop and the activities downstairs and upstairs. We first went to the gift shop and there was slime, slinkies, dinosaurs, dinosaur pictures and lots more. At the activity section there was a big tube and air coming out. There were parashooting men (toys). So, we put the men in the tube, and it flew up. We were trying to get it to the second floor, but it didn’t. There was also a giant elephant that we could control on the second floor. There was also a secret room and, in the room, you could draw on the wall with light which was amazing.
Lastly the teachers gathered us up and the staff showed us to a room which looked like a theatre. We all sat down, and Toby welcomed us and said, “This is a liquid nitrogen show”. Toby showed us the liquid nitrogen. It was in a metal bottle and gas was pouring out of it. But the cool thing was when he poured it on the floor it evaporated instantly and the gas looked like when you throw a rock into a pond, then straight away disintegrating into the floor. It was so cool. Then he did experiments on different objects like a balloon, bouncy ball and then the bottle. Firstly, he poured liquid nitrogen on the balloon and the balloon shrunk. When he warmed it up it got bigger. Secondly, he put the bouncy ball in the liquid nitrogen and then he got it out and bounced it. But it did not bounce. But when he warmed it up, it was bouncy. Lastly, he put liquid nitrogen in the bottle and a balloon on top, before he did that he told us to block our ears, then we all blocked our ears and it made an enormous POP!!! It was so loud I almost screamed.
After that we all took our belongings and walked back to school. By the time we got back it was home time, so we grabbed our bag and said goodbye.
By Tiba H
