0:00:12 > 0:00:14Hi, Leah here with your Friday Newsround.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17First, the big day has finally arrived.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Today, the Olympics in Rio De Janiero will begin
0:00:19 > 0:00:22with a massive opening ceremony and Ricky has made the trip
0:00:22 > 0:00:28to South America and will be covering all the action for us.
0:00:28 > 0:00:33DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:00:42 > 0:00:47Rio is ready!
0:00:47 > 0:00:53The venues are waiting. And the athletes?
0:00:53 > 0:00:55They're just eager to get started.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58You know, I go out there, and I just stay very within myself.
0:00:58 > 0:01:05Quite reserved and just do what I know I can do.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07We believe we can go out there and get a medal.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10And we'll do our best to go out there and do that.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I'm excited about it. We've got a great group around us.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15And all the teams, the women's, the men's, sprint, row,
0:01:15 > 0:01:21BMX, we've got a pretty strong team, I think!
0:01:21 > 0:01:24For me, being able to do that dive now is taking so much
0:01:24 > 0:01:25pressure off my shoulders.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I think my dives are now across-the-board strong enough
0:01:27 > 0:01:31to get me a gold medal in the Olympic Games.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34For me, I want to run for medals and run for history.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39And Newsround is ready too. Here we are at Olympic Park in Rio.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Tonight, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games 2016 will take
0:01:42 > 0:01:46place at the Maracana Stadium.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48We don't know what exactly is going to happen during
0:01:48 > 0:01:50the opening ceremony because a lot of information
0:01:50 > 0:01:51is being kept under wraps.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56But we can expect a lot of music and dancing and fireworks.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Team GB are expecting to win lots of medals right
0:01:58 > 0:02:01here in the park.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04During the London 2012 games, they won a total of 65 medals.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Can they better that here in Rio? Fingers crossed!
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Over the summer holidays, lots of you will probably be taking
0:02:13 > 0:02:15trips out to museums near you.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18But one of the country's most popular, The Science Museum
0:02:18 > 0:02:20in London, says it's planning to charge money to go
0:02:20 > 0:02:22to one of its exhibits.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27It's summer - and here at the Science Museum in London,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29lots of kids have come with their families to see
0:02:29 > 0:02:35all the cool stuff on display.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37It's free to come here to see most things.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40But the museum are giving one of the most popular interactive
0:02:40 > 0:02:41exhibitions a makeover.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44And they say they'll be charging people to come and visit it
0:02:44 > 0:02:50when it opens in October.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52National museums in England, Wales and Scotland are free
0:02:52 > 0:02:55to visit, but they can still charge for some special displays.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00But what do kids here think about the new charge?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Because folk are on tight budgets, they may not be able
0:03:03 > 0:03:05to experience everything.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07They need the money to keep the museums going.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09If it's really good, you feel good about it,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12that you've paid the money but if it's really bad, you feel
0:03:12 > 0:03:14like they have ripped you off.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17If they didn't, they wouldn't have enough money to improve the museum.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20I don't think that's very fair, that some parents have to fork out
0:03:20 > 0:03:25when some parents can't.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30The new exhibit, Wonderlab, is still being built at the moment -
0:03:30 > 0:03:35I spoke to Natalie, who's in charge of it.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Why did you not feel you could make an example and not charge families?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Why did you not just say, look, we've got this to show off
0:03:41 > 0:03:42and everyone can come?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45It costs a lot of money to run an interactive gallery like this
0:03:45 > 0:03:47and the ticket charge goes towards running it.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52For a family of four people, it could cost up to ?30.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55How do you feel about families who cannot afford it?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58So, we will be having initiatives to get those families
0:03:58 > 0:04:00to come to this gallery, if they find that
0:04:00 > 0:04:01ticket charge barrier.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03We're doubling the number of schoolchildren who will
0:04:03 > 0:04:07visit this gallery. They will visit for free.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09We will be working with schools directly, and pupils who perhaps
0:04:09 > 0:04:18might not have been able to come can get tickets.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22The new exhibit has cost the science museum around ?6 million to complete
0:04:22 > 0:04:25but when it open in just two months it will be the visitors who'll judge
0:04:25 > 0:04:32whether it's worth paying for.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35And finally - what's the last thing you'd expect see at the seaside?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38How about a family of bears enjoying a splash around at the beach.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42This video filmed on a mobile shows a fully grown bear and her two cubs
0:04:42 > 0:04:45splashing around at Pope beach in California earlier this week.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46splashing around at Pope beach in California earlier this week.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47They were completely unfazed by people nearby -
0:04:47 > 0:04:53before heading off back into the woods.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56That's all from me, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01Bye!