Our first stop was Marbles IMAX theater where we enjoyed the double feature Under the Sea 3-D and the Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3-D. The first movie introduced us to the world under water, the creatures that live there, and the Eco system they survive on. The Ultimate Wave introduced us to to some incredible surfing but also some other surprising information. We learned how waves are created, how the waves get bigger, and how the waves help support an underwater ecosystem. We also learned about how the island was created from underwater volcanoes and how the culture of the Island was developed and exists today. Both films taught us about how humans have impacted the coral reefs and how we can start making changes to help develop and not kill off reefs and maintain this important ecosystem.
After the double feature it was time to head to lunch. Today we had a better than pic nic lunch. What does that mean? Well we ate outside between the the North Carolina History and Science Museums in the courtyard. Ants were not plentiful and Chick Fil A delivered fried chicken sandwiches that we all enjoyed. After cleaning up we headed it was time for our next stop, the NC Natural sciences Museum.
Once inside the museum we broke up into smaller groups and explored. Although we enjoyed all of it our favorite part had to be the new section of the museum that had the learning labs. There we played with computer generated 3-D models of planets, robotics, and got to see what a 3-D printer can do. There were rather stations to play with an d learn from as well as more on ecosystems. In other words if we could think it up there was probably something there on it. It was so much fun!
After all of this fun it was time to load our vans and head home. It was a great day of learning and we can't wait to see what's in store for tomorrow.
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