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Museum of Science & Industry - Thalía Estrada, Week 3

 Museum of Science & Industry - Thalía Estrada, Week 3


    Hey guys! I mostly spent my time on my laptop working in the offices, but I did snap a few pictures along the way!

This week, I dove deeper into my research by finding which companies and organizations I can find that would help the museum connect with more of the Hispanic and Latino community in Chicago. I looked for Latinx community groups, Latinx STEM organizations, and Latinx STEM companies. I spent my time scrolling through google, clicking on websites, and looking through these organizations and companies. I would go thorough their staff list and “About Us” tabs. After finding a few that I felt like truly represented the Hispanic/Latino community, I took note of them. Additionally, I looked through an excel sheet provided to me that contained a list of past organizations and companies that have worked with the museum. Then, I organized a new Excel sheet where I listed which of those orgs./companies would be of best interest for the museum to keep in touch with.



    Out of the list of companies the museum works with, one of the ones that I clicked on was “Latinas in /Tech.” If I am correct, I believe “Angie Aramayo” is one of the panelists that spoke at our Washington D.C. trip for STEM career professionals! It was a surprise to me as I thought to myself “where have I seen this person before?” haha.


        Later on this week, Isai came to visit Citlalli and I at our internships here in Chicago. Isai visited Citlalli on Wednesday (at The Museum of Mexican Art) and on Thursday, he visited me (at MSI). When Isai first got to the museum, I got to show him around through the YOU! Exhibition. 



The You! Exhibition is the primary one out of the many exhibitions I remember being in as a kid (when I would visit during the summer). I was always fascinated by the REAL organs and systems they had on display: the heart, the brain, baby fetuses,the digestive system, and so many more! 






           Moving on, Isai and I were able to watch and take part in an Innovation Workshop based on technology. MSI frequently takes in schools—with the school having to set up an appointment beforehand to reserve a slot, of course—and teaches them (the education team at MSI) unique activities where students can interact, but also learn about STEM. In this lesson, Isai, the class we were with, and I were given cardboard, a battery, and a motor with wires. By connecting the battery to the motor, and taping it to the cardboard, we were able to create a vibration. With the help of paper clips (being our “legs”), we were able to make our little machines physically walk. I am guessing they were supposed to be “bugs” crawling.We then got to “innovate” our creations by decorating them…and I might or might have not added two batteries and two motors…



           On Friday (today), I got the chance to visit the Dome Theatre that is located inside the Henry Crown center, within the museum. The movie projection (which was about 25 min) spoke about the power NASA holds to be able to create aircraft’s to send off into space. I recently watched a documentary on how the Cold War was really the start of all U.S. spacecraft ordeals. The U.S.A wanted to out beat the Soviet Union by becoming better at technology. It takes time, hard-working engineers, test trials, and not to mention money, to foster an innovation that is good enough to send humans off into space. That is why not many launches to the moon are often made. Not only did I learn that training for space is done underneath water but I got to also get that 3D like experience inside the water with the way the dome is structured. I couldn’t take pictures or videos during the presentation but I did take some photos before and after!
 
Also, this was what visitors stepped into as they left the theatre once the show was over:

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That was all I did for this week! MSI never fails to amaze me. Every time I feel like the museum can’t get better, it does. Can’t wait for week 4! Woo-hoo!


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