Australian Museum Science Festival
Mystery Investigators Australia
The Visit
On Tuesday 20th August 2013, the two Opportunity Classes from Caringbah North Public School visited the Australian Museum for the National Science Week.
A highlight of the visit was when the students saw a show performed by the Mystery Investigators.
Mystery Investigators
This picture shows Richard Saunders with the divining rod in a show. Richard is a skeptist who holds shows at the National Museum of Australia.
Richard S.
This is a picture of Richard.
School visiting the Museum
This is one school that saw the Mystery Investigators show.
The Human Mind
Do you know how easily the human mind can get tricked? Well, we discovered that the human mind can be tricked unavoidedly. The mystery investigators, Richard Saunders and Ian Bryce showed us some illusions.
These investigators also asked us to be skeptic and to ask people to make a claim to prove themselves. For example, at the Museum, Richard S. showed us a ceritficate saying that he could juggle three tennis balls. We asked him to prove it, so he did. Then, he showed us a certificate stating that he could juggle five balls. Once again we denied that claim. In response he tried to prove his statement, but sadly he failed miserably.
Illusions
Dots
How many black dots can you see?
Swirls
Are the swirls moving?
Pictures within
How many people can you see?
Opinions
In our opinion, we believe that the Mystery Investigators presentation was very worthwhile and enjoyable. If we were asked to come again, we would be obliged to go. The presentation was interesting but the only negative point about the show was that it should have involved all of the audience instead of just the chosen volunteers.