According my guidebook, there are 22 sections. We were at the museum for 6 hours and covered less than two. First, we saw the dinosaur exhibit. Super cool! We bought Ridgely a kids' guidebook as we entered the museum, and she diligently answered every question and some. Haughton played an electronic game asking him to identify whether a species is a dinosaur or not. Did you know that dinosaurs were only land animals (no swimmers) and had legs positioned directly under their bodies (not to the sides like a crocodile)? The learning opportunities were endless.
Next we went to the human biology section. We spent much of our time learning about how a baby develops in the womb and about memory. We actually played a few memory games for a long time. Ridgely particularly loved a game where she learned that when given random words, it's hard to remember very many. But, if we categorize the words, we can remember many. On another game that Haughton really liked, we were given 25 random words one at a time. Questions were asked about each word, which was distracting. We were then asked to recall the words. The first time I played, I only remembered 5. The second time I played I placed every word into a scene. I was able to recall 19. Other games explained perception and how and why our brains are sometimes tricked. We also played a crime scene witness game, where we watched a crime and then had to answer questions about it. Evidence that people are generally terrible witnesses! We only left because the museum was closing....
At the gift shop we bought a BBC video series on dinosaurs. We ate dinner at home and learned more about dinosaurs until bedtime. Very cool!
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