Recently, we were given a unique opportunity to visit the Museum of Science in Boston. While in my class we have been studying the sources of energy and different approaches to get rid of the Global warming, in the Museum of Science we had a chance to see how each of the energy sources which people use nowadays work.
There were several exhibitions in the museum. Each represented the usage and the affection of the resource on ecology and the global warming itself. At first I decided to visit the Windmill section in the museum. The brief information about the windmill usage was provided as well as its efficiency. Pictures helped me to understand how they work better.
Then I decided to visit the solar energy section. This section was very interesting. There, you could even make your own experiment. You were give a small house and the amount of solar panels to manage. This exhibition also showed how much it would cost to own the needed amount of solar panels and it also compared its affection on Global warming with the fossil fuels.
The last exhibit which I visited in the MOC was an interactive one where I was given a few power blocks of the each energy type which could be used to supply the electricity in Boston. There also was a special power panel with indicators showing the amount of energy which is used and its affection on the ecology as well.
Going to this exhibition was an amazing experience. The interactive experiments which were present really helped me to understand how badly fossil fuels affect the ecology and it also lead me to the conclusion that clean energy should be the one which must be used in future in order to reduce the Global Warming for sure.