Play with the starry sky and explore the universe —— Walking into the Beijing Planetarium

There are countless mysteries hidden in the boundless sky. Since the history of human civilization, people have never stopped exploring the vast starry sky When we look up at the deep night sky and the splendid Milky Way, we are always awed and fascinated. With curiosity, yearning and a heart of exploration, we walked into the Beijing Planetarium.

Beijing Planetarium is the first large planetarium in Asia, which is divided into two pavilions, A and B. Pavilion A was built in 1957 and Pavilion B was built in 2004. It can be said that one is an old museum and the other is a new one. From the architectural design, we can also see the difference between the old and the new. The old museum is simple and elegant, bearing the imprint of the times. The buildings of the new museum are all glass curtain walls, demonstrating the power of modern science and technology.

Our trip to the planetarium drew lessons from the experience of visiting museums before and made full preparations. First of all, the goal of the visit is clear. Every museum is a treasure house of knowledge, which contains a huge amount of information, which has a great impact on the knowledge reserve of every visitor. For those children with limited cognition, they will feel dazzled and it is easy to skim through them when browsing. When setting goals, you must lower your goals according to your child's own situation and interests. The basic principle of our trip is to consolidate the existing knowledge and entertain and educate. In Hall A, we made three "ones", learned about a musical instrument, visited an exhibition and watched a theater movie. Hall B is guided by the magic school bus Lost in the Solar System, which we have seen before, to learn about the nine planets.

After entering the foyer of Hall A, the first thing I saw was the Foucault Pendulum, an instrument to prove the earth's rotation. Although there are simple instructions on this instrument, it is still somewhat confusing for ordinary people who lack astronomical knowledge. Fortunately, data can be found. Foucault pendulum, named after French physicist Leon Foucault, is a simple device to prove the rotation of the earth. Although it was known for a long time that the earth was spinning, Foucault pendulum was proved by simple experiments for the first time. The museum is divided into east and west exhibition halls. The West Exhibition Hall is the "Play with the Stars Exhibition" that we are going to visit. After the children ran in, it was fresh. There is not much space inside, and there are some interactive facilities. We all looked at it and touched it. 10, we watched the movie Wonderful Starry Sky in Horizon Sky Hall. Based on the changes of the four seasons, this film systematically introduces the names and positions of the main constellations throughout the day, and the visual effect is very shocking. In the past, children didn't have the concept of constellation, but this time it was an eye-opener. Those vivid constellation images and moving constellation stories have brought us infinite reverie. Children still remember that Sirius is the brightest star in the sky. For me, I understand the concept of magnitude.

Hall B is divided into three floors. The basement is the space shuttle exhibition hall, the contents of which are beyond the children's cognitive scope, and we hurried by. On the first floor, we carefully watched the nine planets mentioned in the book. Each planet has a detailed exhibition board introduction and a planet simulation map mounted on a cartoon base. While watching the model, children can also look at the stars under the lens with the telescope next to them, and there is a solid ball similar to basketball next to them, which can experience the weight changes on different planets. Children like Saturn, the most beautiful planet in the solar system, surrounded by rings. In addition, we also saw the large and small meteorites that we have been thinking about in the moon meteorite exhibition area. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, we watched the movie "The Lost Star" in the Universe Cinema on the second floor. The theme is interstellar medium and interstellar space, and the visual effect is also very shocking.

During this trip to the planetarium, there were many unexpected gains and a strong feeling of wanting more. I really want to see every movie in those theaters, and I will definitely come back when I have the chance. At the same time, children over 5 years old are strongly recommended to visit. Friendly reminder: it is best to buy tickets for the theater in official website in advance, and you can get the tickets by brushing the ticket code directly after you arrive, which reduces the trouble of long queues; Pay attention to the broadcast time of cinema films and arrange tickets reasonably; So far, the museum has only opened ground parking lots, with limited parking spaces. Only when you arrive early will there be a parking space.