Plan follow-up activities and projects. A child who particularly liked the flamingos and ducks may enjoy building a bird house for the back yard. One who liked the mud turtle may enjoy using a margarine tub as a base to a paper-mach turtle. Museums Museums are designed today to interest visitors of all ages. Science and technology museums, natural history museums, and children s museums can be found in many middle-sized and smaller communities like Bettendorf, Iowa, and Worland, Wyoming, as well as in large metropolitan areas like Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.
Museums vary in quality.
If possible, seek out those that provide opportunities for hands-on activities. Natural history museums sometimes have hands-on rooms where children can stroke everything from lizards to Madagascan hissing cockroaches. Many museums offer special science classes. Look for omnitheaters. These enable visitors to see movies on subjects ranging from space launches to rafting on the Amazon projected on a giant screen.