Brief Introduction of our day!
Today we visited Hyundai Motor Studio Goyang and Gwacheon National Science Museum! Read on to find out more!
Day 3
First on the itinerary today was Hyundai Motor Studio Goyang. The sleek and relatively new building houses the largest experience-type automobile theme park! Here we got to see how raw materials are selected and processed, car parts are assembled, safety features are incorporated and tested and the exciting future of automobiles. We even got to take a 4D simulator ride and got to try driving at the World Rally Championship! It was such an amazing experience!
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| Raw materials before being transformed into molten metal |
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| Car components pressed out by huge machines |
Here are our main takeaways from Hyundai Motor Studios:
"At Hyundai Motor Studios, my main takeaway was that the collaboration of human manpower and robot machines is very important. For example, very heavy parts of a car can be put together without manual labour by using robots, while small parts such as electrical wiring still needs to be fitted by humans." - Priscilla
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| Use of robots for drilling the metal frame |
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| Use of robots to do the heavy lifting, in this case, placing the car seat! |
"At Hyundai Motor Studio, my main takeaway was about the safety aspects and features of such cars. We got to interact with the exhibits that demonstrated how air bags work and even got to watch a car crash test. All the exhibits were so detailed and its so amazing to see how car manufacturing actually works!" - Beatrice
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| Interactive wall of airbags |
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| Did you know a Hyundai car has 9 airbags? |
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| An impromptu lesson on airbags by Mr Mong |
"At the Hyundai Motor Studio, my main takeaway was about the safety tests conducted on cars. Dummies are used to test out the airbags and other safety features of the car to make sure they are able to reduce real-life injuries from a car crash. I learnt that the dummies used resemble the real human body, meaning their joints and parts are as fragile as that of a real human to make the tests as realistic as possible." - Jia Huey
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| We got to watch a simulation of a crash test! |
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| Group shot with the dummies! Did you know a dummy can cost up to USD 100 000!! |
"From my visit to the Hyundai Motor Studio, my main takeaway was about the electrostatic spray painting of the car. Robots will first spray electric water over the car to charge the car, then spray three layers of paint through a special nozzle to ensure that it is evenly coated and can prevent rusting.
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| Simulation of electrostatic spray painting |
In addition, we also got to experience a 4D ride simulating what happens to the raw materials, during car construction and during a race. It was really cool and we all enjoyed it very much! But that's not all! We also got to try driving a race car and it was really challenging trying to toggle between the brake and accelerator but also super fun!
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| 4D simulator ride was as exciting as the transformer ride at USS! |
Taking a drive on the World Rally Championship course
Overall, I have gained a better understanding of how science and technology is applied to the car manufacturing process at Hyundai and I am excited about how technology can help us in our future jobs!" - Gao Jie
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| We are the champions! Yeah!! |
After a "hands-on" lunch of Bibimbap, we headed to Gwacheon National Science Museum. We were privileged to be given a guided tour of the Natural History Hall, Advanced Technology Hall, Creative Cafe and Maker Space by Mr Kim Jaeyoung and Mr Mansun! We learnt so much more because of their thorough explanations and we are really grateful for the tour! We were also really excited to be able to relate what we have learnt in our Biology, Chemistry and Physics classes to the exhibits there. Finally, to round off the amazing day, we had the entire dome theater to ourselves for a show called "The Secrets of Einstein's Gravity".
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| Patiently waiting for lunch to be prepared |
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| Our guest chef, Gao Jie! |
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| We are here!! |
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| With our gracious host, Mr Mansun! |
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| Reliving our childhood and thinking out of the box at the creative cafe! |
Here are our main takeaways from Gwacheon National Science Museum:
"At Gwacheon National Science Museum, we visited the Natural History Hall and I learnt that the during the dinosaur era, the bugs and insects were very big compared to what we see in present day because of the high oxygen concentration in the air which allowed them to grow much bigger than what we are used to. Can you imagine a cockroach the size of your foot?" - Priscilla
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| That was the actual size of the dragonfly and lizard during the Paleozoic era! |
"At Gwacheon National Science Museum, I learnt how we are able to estimate the age of the Earth by first figuring out the age of rocks and fossils using a method called radiocarbon dating. This method measures the amount of carbon-14 isotope present in the rock/ fossil sample and compares the result against an internationally used reference standard. It provides objective age estimates for carbon-based materials that originated from living organisms, hence allowing us to determine the age of the sample, and our Earth. - Gao Jie
Actual fossils of a dinosaur and a mammoth!
"At Gwacheon National Science Museum, I learnt about sickle-cell anemia whereby the abnormal red blood cells of an unhealthy person would be sickle-shaped. This is caused by genetics where the amino acid sequence in the abnormal red blood cell is different from that in a normal red blood cell. Due to the change in shape of the red blood cell, the cell is not able to pass through veins easily and tends to get stuck and blocks the flow of blood. When insufficient oxygen reaches the tissues, a person can experience severe and sudden attacks of pain." - Jia Huey
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| We were so excited to see something from our textbook larger than life in front of our eyes |
"At Gwacheon National Science Museum, we watch an interesting film about Albert Einstein, his study of the universe and how gravity works. From the film, I learnt that since the speed of light is a universal constant, space and time has to be flexible and the space time fabric bends more if an interstellar object’s mass is heavier. In addition, I discovered that a black hole is a region of in the space time fabric with gravitational acceleration so strong that no particles/ electromagnetic waves can escape from it, hence making it appear black! It was so cool!" - Beatrice
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| We had the whole Dome theatre to ourselves! |
It has been a great STEM-filled day! We can't wait for what's in store for tomorrow!
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| PS: We are absolutely loving the cold weather here :D |
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