I personally am very interested in plants and I thought that this might be a great day to spend a Saturday afternoon. Mom was only too eager to comply as she is currently studying the ecology of the Chicago area for her studies with the Women's Thealogical Society.
The Nature Museum has a beautiful butterfly exhibit. It's the best in the city for sure. In addition to butterflies, you have to look into the bushes for the cute little button quails. They keep the exhibit clean, as they like to eat the dead butterflies.
Even better than the butterflies though was the museum's new interactive materials designed for people of my size. They had this cool computer game that teaches you about different kinds of bugs while you get to catch, spray or squash the bugs! Super cool.
Another fun game was found in the children's play area. You dress up a boy like a beaver...but it was much more fun making him look all crazy so that the beaver would scream in terror!
In addition to the bug games were real live bugs! The worst was when you pull this desk drawer and see the HUGE cockroaches inside. LIVE cockroaches. So gross!
The Nature Museum has updated to really give some hands on activities. The water works teach you about water flow through the city while playing with boats. Something mom found interesting was the map of the underground river for the sewer system in Chicago. She had no idea!
This is information Mom collected for her ecology assignment. We try to do our part for the eco-system by reducing our carbon footprint and recycling. It's not just a good idea, it's important!
