The Exploring Trees Inside and Out traveling museum exhibit is planting the seeds of education at some of the top science centers, botanical gardens and children's museums across the United States. The three-year tour of this environmental education exhibit will reach more than one million visitors through 2010 and help inspire a new generation of children to explore the natural beauty of the great outdoors.
Presented by Doubletree Hotels and developed by the Arbor Day Foundation and the Dimensions Educational Research Foundation, this spacious, 2,500-square-foot exhibit is designed for kids ages 2 to 12 to better understand the significant role trees play in the environment, and about the simple steps they can take to help conserve the earth's natural resources.
The exhibit is comprised of a series of "sensation stations" that invite visitors to discover trees by:
- Crawling inside a giant log and experiencing it as a habitat for living things
- Listening to the sounds of animals that live in trees
- Smelling a variety of scents and discovering some of the many products we get from trees
- Perching and playing in a larger-than-life bird's nest
- Becoming a forest creature in a real-time, animated, blue-screen flying experience
While visiting these exhibits, children can experience a glimpse of the wonders that await them outside in their own backyards and neighborhoods.
To find out where and when Exploring Trees Inside and Out may be coming to a city near you, click here.
