Rutherford's Den

On Monday 30th March we went on a trip to the fascinating Rutherford's Den. When we arrived we lined up and climbed the creaking stairs, put dark gowns on and went into the lecture theatre. The gowns felt weird and we looked like Harry Potter.
Once we had sat down we got a clipboard and listened to a lecture. We found out that you got punished by being fined. Also, girls had to sit at the front and lots of students graffitied on the desks.
After the lecture, we split into five groups and we had a nose around five rooms. We investigated his timeline and his medals as we cruised around the museum. We discovered that he made a machine to produce electricity for his experiments and that he was one of the first people to explore radioactivity.
Although he was the fourth out of twelve children, he kept on trying and had a lot of patience. He never gave up and showed bravery and determination in his life. He died at the age of 66 in 1937.
We decided that the visit was fun, awesome, breathtaking, exciting, historical, interesting, magnificent, cool, amazing, fascinating, incredible and terrific.