Saturday, May 09, 2009

National Museum

We went to the National Museum of Scotland over Easter, as usual, the trains were the biggest hit.

A full size steam engine in the Museum
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Model trains (these are working models)
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These trains demonstrate the difference between trains on tracks and ones on a cushion of air:

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We went back to them:
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Students from Edinburgh University were demonstrating various things, including this display where kids could find out the effect of exercise on their heartrate. L had his pulse and BP taken, then did lots of jumping around:

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Finding out the results:
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