Finally, the interactive displays will travel north and west to reach as many of Maine s schoolchildren as possible in coming years. We d like it to go to all four corners of the state, Ressel said. A curriculum that parallels the lessons of the exhibit will be available to elementary school teachers statewide by mid-March, said Dianne Clendaniel, program director for the COA Natural History Museum. Written on a fourth-grade level, the curriculum includes about a week s worth of lessons that address the learning results for most subject areas through a study of endangered species in Maine, she said. Although Plants and Animals in Peril provides information that would jolt any adult into thought, it is primarily aimed at the school classes that visit the museum, Mason said.
Children are sponges.
They re the future, she said. They ll be the voters who fix the mistakes that my generation has made. For more information, contact the museum at 288-5395. All rights reserved.