Pacific Science Center Field Trip

The Pacific Science Center (PSC) is right next to the Space Needle in Seattle. We took a trip up there to check out the work being presented by the University of Washington's Polar Science Center.
The setup was great...we picked up passports and cruised the stations talking to scientists and learning interesting stuff about research technology, sea ice, polar environments and climates.

TRCS 8th graders at the PSC.

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Here we are -- the two studliest 8th graders trying on survival suits. I'm Curt (on the right) and with Kody (on the left, duh) we are Power Rangers! The reason Kody and I are not in the same picture but photo-shopped side by side is that the fear of our insane awesomeness would break the camera!

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I'm Brady in a Coast Guard survival suit. These suits are completely waterproof and have many different features. It has an air pocket in the back to help you stay afloat and to keep your head out of the water. It also has a whistle and a glow-stick.

According to the Coast Guard, in the Antarctic, if you fall into the water without one of these suits, you would last about 2 minutes. With it you could last 1 hour. In the water here, off the coast of Washington, without the suit you may last 15 minutes and with it you could go 24 hours.

Hope you guys are having fun in science this year.

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I'm Jacob and I can dress myself!

I learned that without one of these suits you can only last up to two (2) minutes in the Arctic water.

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I'm Jon (taller guy inside the igloo). This is my group building an igloo. We originally weren't building the igloo but throwing the foam pieces at each other. Then a lady who works at PSC came over and we didn't want to own up to what we were doing so we started building the igloo. Our teacher took this shot to make us look good.

Immediately after we were done, we were feeling all good about ourselves and what we did, and two little girls completely destroyed our igloo.

Frome left to right: Sean, Jon, Brady and Derek.

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I'm Sean (the one pointing) and this is my igloo story.

It takes teamwork and patience to make an igloo. If you put one piece in the wrong place it messes up the whole thing. At first we weren't even trying to build it, but then the PSC attendant came and helped us. After we finished, some little girls destroyed the whole thing.

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This is Sarah!! We had loads of fun and learned a lot. In this picture our class had just pulled together and built an igloo. We learned to work together and listen to each other's ideas. This was more of a "team" project. In this picture there are (left to right) Dawnell, Kody, Curt, Jacob, Emily, Contessa, me, and Shelby. The trip was amazing and I am sure our class wil remember if for a long time.

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While at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Sarah, Dawnell and I (Emily) posed for a picture on a snowmobile used in the Arctic. This is near a snow camp display. The snow camp had everything in it that you would use in the Arctic like a cot with a sleeping bag, a desk for working and some machines used for the research work.

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I'm Derek (on the left). Jon and I were watching an IMAX movie called "Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure." I am surprised (as you can see me in this picture) that the crew of the ship got stuck in the middle of the Antarctic for more than a year. All the men got home safely and sadly the dogs were left behind.

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This is a picture on the way to the Pacific Science Center in the back of the bus.

Right = Sarah; Middle = Emily; Left = Shelby

I think the bus ride was the funnest part of the trip along with learning fun facts and meeting new people once we got there.

On the way to Seattle we got to talk about how life is going, sing songs, play games, and have a fun friendship experience.

If we ever go back to PSC, I would love to go. Hanging out with friends God has put in my life and learning about the world He created is amazing!

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." "God saw all that he had made and it was very good." Genesis 1:1 and 31

~ Shelby :)

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I'm Dawnell and I enjoyed that our parents could come as chaperones. My dad is awesome! This is me standing by my dad.

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Hi, I'm Kody (on the left).

Even though the bus ride up to Seattle was nearly two and a half hours, we still had a good time. Curt and I were just messing around when Mrs. Maldonado happened to take this picture.The field trip proved to be a great learning experience and also a lot of fun.