The New River Academy field trip to the Science and Technology Center in Ottawa City was a great idea. All of the students and Andy wandered around the museum learning many things. We learned about trains and steam engines, electricity, liquid nitrogen, outer-space, and a lot of other things. Honestly, people speaking French was the most interesting thing to me. I loved hearing the lady that was giving the presentation on electricity speaking French. It made me wish I could speak a second language so badly I couldn’t stand it. I’m definitely going to study my Spanish, and hopefully take on a third language. On a science note, the most interesting thing to me was the electricity presentation, because the crowd got to interact with electricity and it helped me understand. Static electricity was the coolest part of the electricity presentation. Jessica was chosen to go up on stage; she got to put her hand on this metal ball that had static electricity, and when Jessica put her hand on it, the electricity transferred to her body. This made her hair stand straight up; Jessica’s hair was a mess. I laughed and was amazed at the same time. I got my camera out because I had to document it. After that, the lady chose a young boy to come up. She put a few small aluminum pie pans, all stacked on top of each other, on his head. He put his hand on the big ball. She turned it on, and one-by-one, the the pie pans floated off of his head and fell to the floor. I don’t know which was cooler, the pie pans floating off of the little boy’s head, or Jessica’s hair. After all of the fun at the museum, I went to Tim Horton’s for the first time ever, and got an iced cap, which was the best I have ever had. All in all, the day was super fun, and way better than the ‘ole classroom grind.