My Marvelous mum

Motat recount

My Time at MOTAT By Meron

Introduction

I was so excited as soon as I walked into MOTAT even though I had been there a couple of times. The helpers we had were Tiffany (Athena’s Mum) Joy O (Patrick's mum) Ms. Wu (Mandarin teacher) and Joy Paton (My class teacher). I was in Joy O’s group.

The Village

The first thing we did was to go to the village. They had a lot of different things but my group started at the house right next to the entrance. Back in the days they had very small beds. My group was behind Miss Paton’s group most of the time.

Scavenger hunt

My group and the other groups were given a scavenger hunt to do. The object of the scavenger hunt was to find the things on the worksheet. We had one worksheet for our group. The first place we went to was the fire station.

Inventors room

In the inventors room there was lots of interesting things. There was lots of noise coming from one room. We went to see what it was and it was the trampoline room. In the trampoline room there was a TV game in which you had to jump on aliens. Next to the trampoline room was a rocket launcher.

Technology room

The next place we went to was the technology room. There were really old games that we got to play. The games were Pac man, Donkey Kong and the Super Mario Brothers. There were old telephones, cameras and computers. There was a big selfie machine where you could take a photo on the small machine. Then it would go on the big screen.

Above and Beyond

The Above and Beyond exhibition had my favourite games. It was like a whole arcade. There were games in which you could pretend to be a bird and fly. There was a game where you could make your own rocket or plane. You control it to fly on the machine. There was a simulator in which you could see birds flying. The sea was fake. We had to wait a little bit before my group went in the simulator because Miss Paton’s group was in there first.

Tram ride

The tram ride was one of my favourite things. Our tram ride driver’s name was Rob. The tram was really old. We drove all around MOTAT and we went past Western Springs. We also went past some pukekos. We went past Auckland Zoo and went on the public roads.

Conclusion

I had a really great time at MOTAT. I wouldn't mind going back there. The thing that was the most disappointing was the old displays were not there anymore. A few years ago I went to MOTAT there was a mirror maze. I was looking forward to trying it out, but unfortunately it wasn’t there. Overall I had a great time at MOTAT and I’m looking forward to my next visit.