A visit to the Science museum

The 4th graders visited Valladolid Science Museum this week, including the planetary and two temporary exhibitions: "Nutrition: life boost" and "The treasures of Tutankhamun".















Some of the interesting things we saw:

First Renault 4 CV manufactured in Valladolid FASA factory, in 1953.
The only car in Spain declared of Cultural Interest.






Foucault's Pendulum
It is one of the most beautiful and elegant experiments of Physics, which allows to verify the movement of terrestrial rotation.
The pendulum of the Museum is suspended from a braided steel cable of 11 meters in length, and formed by a chromed iron sphere of 20 centimetres radius and 80 kilos of weight.
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Permanent exhibition
Rooms with interactive modules about Energy, Chemistry, water, and the nervous system.

Planetary: "Hello Earth"
It is a spectacular projection, produced by the Planetarium of the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, which shows the development of human communication.

Exhibition "Nutrition: life boost" 
Its objective is to transmit, in a pleasant and simple way, the fundamental knowledge on food that any person must possess to improve their health and quality of life.








Exhibition "The treasures of Tutankhamun"
Artisan reproductions of the pieces found in the burial chamber of Tutankhamun, the young Pharaoh of the XVIII dynasty, who ruled Egypt between 1321 and 1311 B.C. It includes a life-size reproduction (187 cm long and 51.3 cm wide) of the Tutankhamun sarcophagus, furniture, jewellery...










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The Valladolid Science museum in WIKIPEDIA