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== Travel == | == Travel == | ||
| − | * | + | * Thames River Services, http://thamesriverservices.co.uk/ |
| + | * Leave Westminster dock at 10:20 (be there by 10:00 at the <b>latest</b>.) | ||
| + | * Leave Greenwich dock at 16:00 (be there by 15:30 at the <b>latest</b>.) | ||
== Preparation == | == Preparation == | ||
Revision as of 07:51, 26 January 2011
Greenwich Excursion, Saturday 29 January 2011
Travel
- Thames River Services, http://thamesriverservices.co.uk/
- Leave Westminster dock at 10:20 (be there by 10:00 at the latest.)
- Leave Greenwich dock at 16:00 (be there by 15:30 at the latest.)
Preparation
- TBD.
Plan
- TBD.
Bloggers
We will need two volunteers from the studio audience to take pictures and write-up/post a blog entry about this excursion. Get in touch if you are interested.
Science, Technology and Society
There are many connections to the course in Greenwich:
- Royal Observatory
- John Harrison's marine chronometers
- Longitude 0, aka Greenwich Meridian
First Lab
- TBD.
Background Material
Local Attractions
- Market (chartered in 1700) - this is a great market and I encourage you to walk through it at some point during the day.
- Cutty Sark - an old famous boat.
- Palace of Placentia/Royal Naval College - beautiful architecture, historical significance
- National Maritime Museum -
- Gipsy Moth IV - a relatively new famous boat, piloted around the world.
- Greenwich foot tunnel - an old bit of solid engineering that takes you under the Thames.
