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Techniquest, Wales - 19th February 2011

By: miapearl

Today, we drew straws to see who would go out with Mummy! I won.
We've come to Techniquest, a hands on science centre associated with Glyndwr University in Wrexham
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There were all sorts of illusions and mixed messages! The B
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becomes 13.
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Heat sensitive things.
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Another one. My mummy's hand print.
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Mirrors. How many of me can you see?
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A parabolic mirror
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A Bernoulli blower.
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Sound waves. Daddy played something on his mobile phone for that.
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Outside, we caught the end of a rocket-launching session.
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I think they said the pressure they were going up to was 50psi for these demonstations. 
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Back inside, there's a weather station. It wasn't a very windy day.
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This is an orb, with a layer of fluid between two domes. Shiny crystals in the fluid show the lines of flow.
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