Our field trip this week led us to the Childrens Museum of Oak Ridge..
It had been about 2 yrs since our last visit and I though what better way to spend a rainy Friday afternoon...
The kids had a fantastic time... They loved the exhibits and loved playing and learning hands on without even realizing it...(that's the great part)...
On exhibit they have:
1. a "WORLD" exhibit where they have a life-size Polar Bear and several Inuit items... DD loved this as we had just read "Momma do you love me?"
Lots of Japenese, Chinese, Dutch, and African items on display...
2. an Appalachian exhibit
3. a fairy tale exhibit (a castle and space shuttle to roam and have adventures in)
4. lots of native animal exhibits and ocean life
5. an exhibit called "Granny's attic" filled with toys and items from the pas for kids to play with
6. TRAINS (DS love it)
7. a life-size dollhouse to play in (DD never wanted to leave)
8. a water cycle exhibit
9. a artficial "RAINFOREST" which each kidlet gave me a tour of, pointing out the animals like th 3-toed sloth and the tapir... and DS reminded me that the Yamamami tribe in South America eat tarantulas roasted in banana leaves...*L*
10.. lots of other exhibits, especially the "Manhattan Project" exhibit...
The kids had such a great time, they are already wanting to go back...
We love the Children's Museum too! I loved that the kids were allowed to play with EVERYTHING! I was happy to not have to say "don't touch" like a million times!
ReplyDeleteWe were just in that area to visit science and energy museum and museum of appalachia. We also got to see the sun sphere. My husband had been there during a world's fair event in his youth. We're in Roselle IL. Our next field trip is to Amsterdam. We'll see how that one goes. Thanks for the post
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