As part of the Year 3’s Spring topic on Earthquakes and Volcanoes, they were lucky enough to visit the Natural History Museum in London to explore the museum and watch an action-packed Earthquakes and Volcanoes show, where the Year 3’s became Natural History Museum accredited earth scientists!
After a long train journey and a quick lunch spot, we headed straight for the Earthquake & Volcano zone where the children were able to experience what a real earthquake feels like in the earthquake simulator.
"The earthquake simulator was a little bit scary, but helped me understand what it would feel like to be in a real earthquake.” Kezrae, Northern Ireland
We continued to explore the museum, finding out some truly fascinating facts, watching some cool videos and getting hands on with some real artifacts.
Also, we were able to see and stand under the museum's new blue whale skeleton named 'Hope', which is suspended in the centre of the Hintze Hall.
“The whale skeleton was incredible, I can’t believe how humongous it is!” Jolin, Northern Ireland
Finally, we ended the trip with the exciting Earthquakes and Volcanoes show.The show highlighted the awesome power of our planet's natural forces and demonstrated the importance and challenge of natural disaster prediction.
Some children were picked from the audience to help out. The show finished with a bang when the volcano erupted with an explosion of red balls to represent the lava.
“My favourite part of the show was the finale, when all the balls exploded out of the volcano. It made me jump as I was sat right at the front!” Alexa, Scotland.
"I learnt that some volcanoes with shallow hills often have lava coming out of the side instead of the crater at the top," Taylor, Wales.
"I learnt that an earthquake occurs when the tectonic plates of the earth rub and slip together,"George, Scotland.
