On a rainy, windy Wednesday my mom, sisters and I took a trip to Washington D.C. We were going to D.C to meet up with a homeschool group at The Museum of Natural History to solve a mystery by studying somebody's real bones. Also we were going to The National Building museum to learn about different roofs. It was a very nice experience.
The day started with the alarm clock ringing. Tired and hungry, I got up and turned the off the beeping alarm clock that now read six o' one. I went to my closet and found my outfit for the day. I put on my clothes, and grabbed my socks, shoes, and purse. I made my way to the bathroom, brushed my teeth, and washed my face. Then I headed to the kitchen and ate breakfast. A little later we made our way out the door and drove to the metro to ride the train to the D.C.
Taking the metro was an interesting ride. It was real amusing to watch all the business men and women stare at their cell phones the whole time and act like they were so important. The ride took a while because of all the stops, but it was very enjoyable. Once we stepped off the metro, we made our way up the escalator and into the rain with only one umbrella for the four of us. Luckily there were a few men selling small umbrellas. My mom asked if any of us wanted one so I said yes and she bought me one. After that we were on our way to the first museum. When we arrived at the museum of Natural History we took a look around and waited for the rest if the group. A little while later a few more homeschool students and parents showed up, so we made our way up the stairs and into the room were we were going to study the bones and solve the mystery of the body that was found. The class was very fascinating. We had to look at the bones to see if they had any injuries, study their teeth to find out their age, look at their thigh bones to find their height, study the bones around their bladder to find out their sex, and look at the artifacts around the bones for any clues.
Once all the kids and their parents were done at each station the leaders had us all compare notes and then they told us what really happened and we were right about what we found out. The teacher explained how the bones were found and how scientist did exactly what we had just did to solve the mystery. Then once the mystery was solved the scientist gave some of the bones to this program to help kids learn about bones. After that experience we went to the cafe in the museum to eat lunch. Then we were on our way to The National Building Museum.
Once back in the rain we took out our umbrellas and walked zero point four miles to the next museum. It took us a while but eventually we found the museum. When I first entered the museum the first think I noticed was the big fountain in the middle of the room. In front of that fountain was a desk. My mother went up to the desk and signed us in, then we all walked over to our new group. Everybody was already there so after we arrived all we had to do was wait for the teacher and then get started. The teacher show up about five minutes after us so we started pretty quickly. We started off by talking about the history of the building and why it was built. Then we talked about the different roofs the builder wanted to put on it and why they didn't work. One of the roofs the builder wanted to put on the building was a dome. A dome is like a big bubble roof like on the top of The Taj mahal. Some people even live in geodesic domes. After learning about geodesic domes we had the chance to build one out of metal rods and rubber connectors. The whole group worked together to build this huge dome and it was very successful. Once the class was finished with the life sized dome the teacher put out a bucket full of gumdrops and a bucket full of toothpicks. Then she handed out some paper with some instructions. All of the supplies she handed out was for a gumdrop dome. It took me a while to build the gumdrop dome because I thought it was complicated but a lot of other people finished their domes pretty quickly. A little while later about the whole group cleared out. The class was over. So we collected our stuff and decided to take a look around the museum. My younger sister wanted to go to the lego exhibit so we made our way up the steps and to the lego exhibit. Later on we all became tired and wanted to go home. Soon we were back in the rain and on our way to the metro.
The ride back from D.C was just like the ride to D.C, with people too busy to do anything except look at their phones. Then when we hopped off the metro we went over to the parking garage.
