{"id":1540,"date":"2020-02-12T08:45:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T07:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/wp\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2020-02-19T08:46:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T07:46:03","slug":"new-books-in-our-library-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/?p=1540","title":{"rendered":"A day at ESPLORA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

contributed by Jeremy Grech, House 7P<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday 21st<\/sup> January, my year group visited\nan interactive science centre in Kalkara known as \u2018Esplora\u2019. It was a rather\nfun experience that I would like to share with you. We met up in the assembly\narea and everyone\nwas joyful and excited. You could easily tell by just having a glance at our\nfaces! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once we reached the science centre, we split up\nin two groups and walked through the exhibitions. One particular section was\nabout health and the human body. It comprised interactive activities such as a\ntype of treadmill where you could see a heart on the screen and the faster you\ngo, the more your heart beats and pumps blood. There was also a sailing game\nand another section about volcanoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was also an interesting section of optical\nillusions such as a picture that looks flat from a distance but is actually not\nflat. There were other types of mirrors that give a floating impression when\nthe visitor is actually standing.  Another\nexhibition showcased musical instruments, including traditional Maltese\ninstruments whose sounds could be heard, a harp and many other types. There was\nalso a screen which displayed the decibel every time you played an instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another exhibition included mirrors that make you\ntall, short and wide. There was also a room with UV light and another one with\nflashing light. There was a hallway full of mirrors leading to the pinhole\ncamera which looked like it was full of mirrors and you could see yourself in\nevery angle. Another display included things you cannot see with your own eyes\nbut only with the help of special glasses. In the electricity section, we could\ntouch a sphere-shaped object and see the electric reaction underneath our\nhands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one point, we had a 30-minute break at The\nEsplora caf\u00e9 which is also worth visiting as they have good coffee and food.  Finally, we proceeded to the planetarium to\nsee a short film named \u2018Cell cell cell\u2019. As the name suggests, it\u2019s a film\nabout cells and it goes into a lot of detail which makes it truly intriguing.\nWhen the film ended, we saw the last exhibit which was about outer space and about\nhow astronauts spend their free time in space, such as playing football with no\ngravity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was such a fun experience and I wish we could\ndo something similar in the near future. If you\u2019re reading this, I strongly\nsuggest you visit this lovely interactive science centre with your family and\nfriends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

contributed by Jeremy Grech, House 7P On Wednesday 21st January, my year group visited an interactive science centre in Kalkara known as \u2018Esplora\u2019. It was a rather fun experience that I would like to share with you. We met up in the assembly area Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1554,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions\/1554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}