Otago Museum Trip!

On Tuesday 6th June we had a wonderful trip to the Otago Museum to learn about inventions for our inquiry topic. First, we went into the Tropical Rain Forest which was an amazing experience. We saw many colourful butterflies and some of the butterflies even landed on us! We also saw little birds called Quail, some huge goldfish, a tarantula and a couple of turtles. We also spent some time in Discovery World, played with the fantastic equipment and thought about inventions that we would like to make! Some highlights from Discovery World were the air hockey, the mind-controlling game and the giant piano you play by standing on the keys.

In small groups the children went on a scavenger hunt to look for different inventions including a huge camera and an Maori eel net called a hinaki. We learnt a lot about inventions and Emily was very impressed by the great ideas the children were sharing.

After lunch, we went with the Museum educator Emily to learn about different inventions. We looked at a wooden plough that is 4000 years old. Emily then took us to look at a plough from the 1890s that was built out of metal. We talked about the difference between the two inventions and why they were useful inventions at the time.

We had a fantastic day out and learnt heaps about inventions for our inquiry topic!


Otago Museum Inventors trip on PhotoPeach