When I realized we were going to the Museum of Science for a class field trip, I was so excited because I haven’t been to there since I was a little kid. Approaching the entrance and seeing the massive T-Rex statue made the arrival even more exciting.

When we got their, everyone split off into their groups and went into different exhibits that targeted the ideas of our experiments. “Catching the Wind” was one of the exhibits that I looked through to learn more about wind turbines and wind energy in general. Even though my group is focusing our experiment on solar energy, I still thought it was interesting to learn more about wind energy.

“Cahner’s Computer Place” was another exhibit that I looked at and got more informed on how robots are build and the way they interact with computer technology. Even though putting the robots together was a very basic process, I was still able to learn more about putting together a robot and how it works, and whether or not our group wanted to use any form of a robot in our experiment for our final project.

The final exhibit that I toured to get ideas for our final experiment was the “Energized” exhibit. This exhibit was perfect for my group to tour and get ideas from because it had a lot of information on sunlight/solar energy. This whole exhibit was informative because it focused on the overall idea of what our class is about: sustainable energy. It had videos, hands-on activities, and models to represent the different forms of energies and how they each work and benefit our environment. One of the models that we played with was the solar panels that acted as a rooftop on different models and we experimented with them with different amounts of light and filters to see how solar energy works. Our group got a lot more ideas on how we wanted to conduct our solar panel car and it confirmed that our experiment will work.