Tramway

Waiting for tram

The Amsterdam tramway network forms part of the public transport system in Amsterdam. Opened in 1875, the network has been operated since 1943.
The trams on the network run on standard gauge track. Since 1900, they have been powered by electricity, at 600 V DC. At the termini of almost every tram line there is a suitable turning loop, so that the line can be operated by unidirectional trams.

With 16 lines, the network comprises a total of 213 km of track. The fleet is made up of 237 trams.
Every line of tram is represented by a number and a flag.

You, me, electricity (before the trip)

As you can see in our last publication which talks about “You, Me, Electricity”, one area of NEMO museum, we only talked about one subject “cellular phone communication”. So when we went to the museum we realized that in this area there wasn’t only information about it, there, there were also information about radio, compasses… and now we would like to explain you more about it:

 Electrical revolution step 1 - 1820

Discover how electricity moves a compass needle without touching it.

When you flip the switch, electricity starts to flow through the wire. The electricity turns on thre lamp and a magnetic field is created around the wire.

The needle, which usually points north, is now attracted by this stonger magnetic field.

You can use this system to communicate if you agree a code beforehand but the receiver can't response you.

We would like to tell you that we also add photography in our last publication of NEMO museum. We wish that it likes you.

The Amsterdam Clogs

Durning the road with the bycicles, we stop to see an important part of holland, the Clogs.

You won’t see many people wearing clogs in Amsterdam, but they are still an important part of Dutch culture. The Dutch language has many idiomatic expressions associated with wooden shoes. Clogs are still popular with people working in agriculture as they’re great for walking on muddy ground and can easily be removed. Dutch clogs are made from different types of wood – poplar and willow being favourites – and are often painted. 

History:

As wooden shoes were used to fuel the fireplace once they were worn-out, it proved difficult fot historians to precisely date the origins of clogs. Nevertheless, they estimate that the first clogs appeared at least 850 years ago and the oldest wooden shoe known was found in the Nieuwendijk in Amsterdam. This clog dates from around the year 1230 and is made of alder wood. The shoes  were made in a variety of shapes and sizes depending on who would wear them. Some had rounded edges while others had pointed toes to help fishermen pull their nets in.

 

Amazing costructions

Amazing Constructions

Here we will explain why we chose this topic and what is about of one of the museum exhibits, amazing buildings.

We’ve chosen this topic because it’s related to items we are studying at school such as the balance of a building. And we think it’s a good exposition to complement our knowledge about the topic and maybe address us to a kind of degrees.   
                    
Amazing Constructions is an exhibit about technical constructions; about bridges and buildings with muscle. This is the place to discover the effects of form, strength and balance. Experiment with wobbly skyscrapers, trembling cables and high-speed lifts. Discover the difference between push and pull power.        

At Amazing Constructions you can also see the eye-catching, eight-metre-high scale model of the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. Accompanying it are 15 installations about strength, all of which focus on an aspect of construction. These include different building styles, construction methods, building materials and so on. At certain structures you can experiment with some of the basic principles of building.

There we found a reduced exposition of some simple machines that we had studied before in class. Some like the block and tackle, the Maltese cross, a camshaft used in internal combustion engines with pistons...
And we can test the utility of the screw: we moved ourselves up just turning a handle. But we need a lot of revolutions to arrive at the top. Although it was very easy and didn’t need a kit of strength, kids can move it too.

From our point of view, it was a simple exposition but it has a lot of concepts to work deeply and spend a hole morning there. 

“You, Me, Electricity” (After the trip)

As you can see in our last publication which talks about “You, Me, Electricity”, one area of NEMO museum, we only talked about one subject “cellular phone communication”. So when we went to the museum we realized that in this area there wasn’t only information about it, there, there were also information about radio, compasses… and now we would like to explain you more about it:

Electrical revolution step 1 – 1820

Discover how electricity moves a compass needle without touching it.

When you flip the switch, electricity starts to flow through the wire. The electricity turns on thre lamp and a magnetic field is created around the wire.

The needle, which usually points north, is now attracted by this stonger magnetic field.

You can use this system to communicate if you agree a code beforehand but the receiver can't response you.

*We would like to tell you that we also add photography in our last publication of NEMO museum. We wish that it likes you.

Looking for bicycles!!

The second day of our trip, 18th of March, we decided to hired the bicycles. As usual we caught the tram in Burgemeester de Vlugtlaan stop and we went to Dam square, since where we would start a trek towards the Central Station.

Frist we stopped in an establishment situated near of “Van Gogh museum” but it was a disaster. The owner of business demanded us 200 € for each person or some credit cards as a deposit, and as it was expected none had so much money on him. So we had to leave such as we had arrived. Finally we arrived at Central Station and from there they sent us to the Tourist Office of Amsterdam. At last we found the correct store and we could hire our bicycles which would accompany us on a very hard journey the next day.

Monument in Dam Square

From the May 4, 1956 This monument is erected in front of the Royal Palace, surrounded by the Hotel Krasnapolsky, Bijenkorf shopping center and the building of De Groote Industrieele Club, Grand Club Industry. Each May 4, at the Dam is made the solemn and austere ceremony commemorating the Victims Day in World War II.
In the central part of the monument stands a blunt obelisk surrounded by other allegorical figures, this place was built the first dam (dam in Dutch), in the thirteenth century on the river Amstel, allowing the first flood control .