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Interviews and Observations: visitors (2 of 3) - 8

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00:43:05:22

<<< Bella: 'Can you give me a recreation of what you have done? Gordan: 'we have tried everything.' Katherine: 'not everything, the place is so big.' 'There is too much of one particular thing'. They like the satellite dishes and the Planetarium. They think that there were too many magnets.

00:44:10:04

The family talk about the planetarium Neil E and Laurel enjoyed it. Neil E talks about the history of mars. Gary: 'the presenter had a droney voice.'

00:46:53:05

Bella: What about the exhibits? Gary and Katherine: 'they all caught our attention, everything was interesting.' Neil E: 'everything expect the magnets, they were all the same.' Katherine: 'I liked the strobe lighting area.'

00:47:47:11

Bella: 'What was it that you liked?' Katherine: 'The panel where you can put two faces together, the plasma ball.' Gary: 'I apologised to myself in the mirror.' Neil and Katherine talk to each other. Katherine: you liked the balloon, I couldn't do that. Neil E and Katherine talk about the balloon.

00:49:04:18

Bella: 'What was the balloon trying to get at?' Katherine: 'as soon as you stopped and the temprature dropped; it wouldn't rise. You got it quite high'

00:49:29:05

Bella: (referring to the hub). 'What about the round area?' Neil E: 'it was all computers and about electricity. It was the most factual place'

00:49:44:09

Gary - 'They had three pullies. I wouldn't have thought of it as science but it is science. I have done that all life, made the pullies easier by doubling them. It is common sense not science.' Katherine: 'a lot is common sense. That's why Trevor doesn't like it.'

00:50:23:15

Bella: 'Did that strike you as odd ?' Gary: 'I thought that everyone knew that put apparently not.' Bella: 'did you know why it works?' Gary - 'I just knew it works'.

00:50:58:12

Bambo asks question which is inaudible. Gary: 'just amazed to see that in a science museum'

00:51:11:07

Bella suggest that we meet up later in the hub

00:51:34:20

Bella: 'What about your favourite exhibit?' Trevor: 'The one where you shake hands with yourself. Neil E says that he likes it more downstairs. Neil E: 'yes it is more ....' Katherine: 'practical'. Neil E: 'everything is practical I just prefer this area. I'm not into electricity.'

00:52:26:12

Bambo asks question which is inaudible. Neil says that the hub is more factual.

00:52:42:08

Bella asks Neil to show us his favourite exhibit. >>>