Lauren, Cassidy, Rashad,
K’yandra
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The Connecticut Science Center is a
fun place to go with your family, even with your friends.
You not only get to play with
inventions and displays, but you also learn how things work in science.
The Science Center has many different
rooms to explore. In our opinion, our favorite was the Exploring Space room.
The un-lit room lets you use your imagination to feel as if you are in space.
Projections on the walls make it look like the room is filled with stars. There
is comfortable seating that enables the passengers to feel like they are on a
trip through outer space.
So how does this fascinating exhibit
really relate to science? Well, you get the chance to learn about the solar
system and how it affects the world we live in. In the Space room, there are
many activities that you can do that will teach you about space, while having
fun. One of these activities is the Space Pods. They are these very comfortable
seats that you lay down in, while you watch a short video about a part of
space. It also has a joystick so you can explore yourself. You can choose to
learn about the Milky Way, Saturn, Black Hole, etc.
Another fun activity is a device that
allows you to make a moon crater. It shows how impact affects the moon’s
surface.
The Connecticut
Science Curriculum
The Connecticut Science Curriculum
tells us how the room is connected to science lessons. The
Exploring Space room is connected by Newton’s Law. You explore how
Newton’s Law affects space. Newton’s Law is three laws of mechanics describing
the motion of a body.
The three laws are:
1) A body remains at rest or uniform
motion in a straight line unless acted upon by a force.
2) A body’s rate of change of momentum
is proportional to the force causing it.
3) When a force acts upon a body due to
another body, then equal and opposite force acts simultaneously on that body.