Museum Trip

 This past week, different classes have been going to the Auckland Museum as a day trip. Because we have been learning about war this term, we were lucky enough to get a chance to see the amazing exhibitions on display there. We left school at 9 o'clock on Thursday and arrived at the Museum at 9:40. First we ate our morning tea in a small room around the back. Then we met our guide for the morning. His name was Aaron. He led us up the stairs to the first room. It was a WW1 room that had a section about a every year in the war (1914-1918). After that we went to the Hall of Memories. It is a huge room with around seven thousand names of Aucklanders that died in WW1. After that we went around to the next room. This was the second Hall of Memories, for WW2. Aaron showed us real life things that were used in the war and we got to try them out. 

After that we explored the rest of the museum in our groups. We found heaps of cool things like life size aircraft used in war. This was my favourite display. It had a copy of the engine and when you put your hand on the glass, it powers the mini propellers. 

I learned that slugs could detect gases in the trenches so that the soldiers had a warning to put their gas masks on. After that we went to the volcano room and went on the shaking ride. It wasn't as scary as I remember. I found out that the whole museum was made from families who lost loved ones in the war, and they got the money from fundraising.

What is this plane called?