MOSI Visit

On Saturday 18th January 2014, a group of pupils went to Manchester Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) for a Science trip, which had a bit of history thrown in. We arrived at school at 9am and waited for Mr Keane.  When he arrived, we set off on the hour and a half long journey.  On the way we picked up Mr Jones at a bus stop.  The journey was quite fun as we kept each other entertained (and pinched Danyal’s snacks). The journey did not feel too long as the time flew by.  When we arrived at the museum we had a briefing from Mr Keane and then went by ourselves looking around the various different exhibitions.

The first thing we visited was the Pictures section where we took pictures of ourselves which were then displayed on the many screens hanging from the ceiling.  We then went to the train engine exhibition where we saw many old trains including one of the first ever trains and its carriages.  In the Science section we measured our reaction time and our body temperature.  There was also an area where you could make huge bubbles and mix lights together to make different colours.

At around midday we had lunch at the cafe.  We then went on to see the Technology section where there were telephones, televisions and computers from many years ago including the first home desktop computer.  Afterwards we went to the Transport exhibition which had WW1, WW2 and the first ever planes, and also old and famous cars. Even the first motorbikes and milk floats were on show. I was more interested in the cars but was amazed how big the planes and helicopters were.

At 2:00pm we gathered together at the museum entrance and left; we broke the journey back at a service station.

The trip was awesome and I would definitely go again as there are many things to learn and a lot of exciting and interesting things to see. I would definitely recommend MOSI to anyone.  You will see things you have not seen before and I am certain that the others would agree with me.

I would like to thank Mr Jones and Mr Keane for taking time out to organise this amazing trip.

Reedwan Ali