Our class Motat trip

Yesterday, we went on a school trip to Motat to learn more about simple machines. zIn my group there was Cordell, Andrew, Gammado, John (me), Joshua, Damsey and our parent helper Lynnet, Cordells mum.

First, we got our bags and lined up ready to hop on the bus. Once we got on the bus we had to share two seats between three people because there are were too many of us. When we made it to Motat this lady called Cathrine told us the rules here. 1. Do not run anywhere in the area because it is a working museum. 2. Have fun!. We walked down to the building where we eat and put our bags down. On the way, we heard a rattle and a bell ringing. It was the tram that came along the tracks, we had to move over to the side. Once we got in we had some morning tea. Cathrine said where things were and the boundaries. I was in group 2 so we got to explore Motat first.

Next, we went to the village to see the old houses, they were really creepy because there were dolls and there were photos. One of the building was a school. The school had desks and had a chalkboard. As we walked along we saw a prison, inside was a maniquene lying down in a blanket. In the other room, there were some things the guards or police officers used like a baton, a lizer.

After, we went to the Innovators to see what people have made. I went on the trampoline, on the trampoline there was a tv and you had to step and bounce in the right area it was like that game with the hammer and you need to hit them back in the hole. We saw lots of things that we could use and play with.

Suddenly... we found out there was a games room. We quickly rushed over there without running, because that was the rule. In it, there were old arcade games like spacey's and Pac Man. We spend about 20 minutes in there because it was fun. We then went into the old tv room where there were old images and radios. We saw this small room in the back and we could call people and morse code people with the buzzer thing.

Talking about phones, after we were walking and saw a red telephone box I went in it and you could call real people for 10 cents but only there landline not mobile. In this building there was a diorama of a intersection on a road and you could flick a switch and change the traffic lights. We saw two phones and you can call each other, also there was a morse code machine where you could morse code each other and guess what they said.

We then met up in the teaching building where Cathrine showed us the simple machines. We had to make a machine with at least two simple machines in it. I made a wheel and axle with a pulley.

After we had lunch and I had subway, it was delicious. We had a drink of water and then we got to go on the tram ride. "Yippee" Andrew said laughing. We went on the tram and the driver Paul rang the bell and took off. We made it up to the zoo and we saw a one seated car that went slow. We got up to the tram light and the light broke. We waited until it worked. It did, on the way back we got on the bus back to school I enjoyed it. The end.