About a week ago, we (my class and I) went to the field museum. We had a ton of fun! We were there from about 10:30 or so to 2:30 or so. The bus ride took a while, though we left at about 9:10. When, we finally got there, we learned our schedule and got to work. First, the time before lunch we spent at an ENDLESS evolution exhibit. And don't think it wasn't fun by the way I said it, because that was SO much fun! There were six major wipeouts, and when we saw red paint on the floors we knew they were coming up. Our tour guide told us lots of stuff about the world's first creatures, like for example what types of fish were there, or what the dinosaurs ate. Cool stuff like that. Turns out that one of the most successful fishes in the sea was a lightning fast shark-fish thing that was practically as large as I am! It was impossible to get away from it. Naturally, that fish was the top predator in the ocean for QUITE a while. After the evolution exhibit, we touched practically the oldest rock in history! I thought that was really cool. And if THAT isn't awesome enough, it was time for... lunch! Okay, maybe not the most novelty-type thing in the world, but hey, you can NEVER get tired of lunch. My friends and I spent lunch talking about what part of the exhibit we had liked best. We were in a group huddle on the floor (there wasn't any room at the tables left) and we loved it! When lunch was over, we had a quick bathroom break, and then came the best part. I was SO eager to see more about how Mr. Solarz had said we would see real live scientists, and he still hadn't explained to us, so when we were introduced to a new tour guide, I knew things were about to get REALLY interesting. And boy, they did. First the nice ladies we had just been introduced to were leading us down a regular museum hallway, next minute we were through a door titled "Museum Staff Only", and the second after that we were in an elevator with a CLEAR GLASS TOP! We looked up, and up. The elevator wasn't that full, we had split into two groups so that we could all fit, so everyone could have a good view of the glass, where we could see the mechanism speeding us up, up, and up! I was so amazed. We were traveling on a secret elevator, and I would bet that my mom and dad hadn't seen THIS part of the field museum. Oh, boy oh boy oh boy... and then suddenly we were at the top. I stepped out along with my friend Kelsey, and I didn't see anything out of the ordinary, well at least at first. When I looked around more closely, I noticed that we were on a balcony with an awfully thin piece of metal keeping us from splatting 150 feet down. We could literally LOOK DOWN on the tall stone pillars up front, and a few people started to yell stuff like "HI!" and "Hello, down there!" and "This is SO cool!" and "I can't BELIEVE Ian's missing this!" Maybe I should give a quick explanation. Ian was sick for the trip, just suddenly out of the blue, and he couldn't come. Well, anyway, let's just say I got mysteriously freaked out. Taking my eyes away from the horrific site, I noticed that our other half of the class was now taking THEIR turn up in the elevator, so we started waving to them. The glass top was pretty clean, and they started waving back up at us, too. When they reached the top and stepped out, we were led through hallways for about 5 minutes, and then into a bright room with lots of space rocks and pieces of them in it. Then, we were introduced to Jim. He was the scientist Mr. Solarz had been talking about! We took a picture with him for the slideshow (above). After about 20 minutes, probably longer though I can't remember the exact amount, it was time to go. We piled back through the elevator and onto the bus, where we heatedly discussed wether Brian or Graham looked the weirdest with their coats inside their shirts. (We eventually decided Brian, his was more proportionate) All in all, it had been a GREAT trip!
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AuthorCorinne--writer, reader, musician, skater, horseback rider, 10 years old, big sister, dog lover, member of Mr. Solarz' awesome 5th grade class. Archives
May 2013
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