We all met at the gates for a 10.30 start, we had all been split into 3 groups. Ours was first for the tour of HMS Alliance. Although we have been to the museum quite a few times now they have updated it quite a lot and there is always something new to see and always something that we didn't learn about last time.
Our tour of the submarine took about half an hour.
We were then free to look around some of the interactive parts of the main museum, lots of hands of stuff before pausing for lunch.
'C' dressed up as a rat!
We were then taken to a workshop where the kids were shown lots of real objects from submarines, items of clothing etc. They were then given the task of designing their own submarine which was going to be powered by fizzy cola. They had to think about how the submarine would float with the ballast tanks. All the kids did really well and nobody had a sinker and they all moved along in the water. I was quite pleased with the boys efforts as they had no help from me at all as I was helping 'M' with hers.
'M's
'C's
One more look around the more historical pieces in the museum, then it was off home. not before getting soaked in a downpour on the walk out!
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