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6th Grade Museum Field Trip

All photos taken by DA staff.

This last week, our Durham Academy grade six took a field trip to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. We were split up into groups of two advisories. Our group got to see a lot of exhibits, including some interactive and live animals. Today I’m going to talk about some of my favorites.

First, the RACE exhibit would definitely go on my list. The pictures on the posters were beautiful, and I learned a lot about what some groups have to face, and race in general (it technically isn’t real). I learned that more people with black/Latino etc skin, have more covid deaths than people with Caucasian skin.

Another exhibit that I really liked was the one on gems. All the gems were real and dazzling. Some of the rocks there were worth at least a  thousand dollars, if not, more. A rock that I liked the most was the amethyst because amethyst is also known as the stone of peace (I don’t know if that was a fact in the museum).

Lastly, one last exhibit that I thought was really interesting was the place that had these fish with really long noses. They were in fact, not swordfish, but had quick reflexes and pointy teeth. We got to see these skills in action, because some employees started feeding them and the other smaller fish in the tank.

All in all, this trip was really fun to get off campus for a day and learn in a different setting. I had fun with friends while learning about science. I would recommend this museum to any person, because it’s interesting, interactive, and mind blowing. I am grateful to have this experience and I hope you will too sometime!