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Insectarium Field Trip

Submitted by Administrator on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 3:35pm.

PLACE: Insectarium, 8046 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19136
DATE: Tuesday, March 30th
TIME: 1:00p
COST: $7.00 per person; free for under 2; money due March 8th; if you would like your child to do a craft add $1.75 per child
RSVP: To Sharon Patterson at sspatterson76@yahoo.com

Visit their webpage http://www.myinsectarium.com/insectarium.htm.  This place looks really cool!!

The tour is given in three segments. Your educator will take you through the following three portions of the tour, in no particular order (The schedule is made up each day on a rotating-basis. The Insectarium can not accommodate requests as to scheduling procedures).

1) Insect Film: Your group will watch an insect film in our movie room. The movie will be chosen according to your group's age and special needs. It is also during this time that groups are asked to eat their lunch. We do not provide any food here at the museum.

2) Second Floor: Your educator will gather the children on the second floor of the museum. This is also where we have our live-cockroach kitchen, our working honey-bee hive, and our glowing scorpions. There will be an informative presentation, in which the children will learn the basic science of an insect. This is also where the children may be offered an edible insect to eat (barring any objections from the group leader). There will be supervised exploring time for the children.

3) Third Floor: This is where the majority of our living exhibits are kept. We have insects from all around the globe - some of them quite exotic. Before the children have a chance to explore, though, the educator will give a small presentation using live specimens, and the children will be offered a chance to pet some live animals. All animals are of course safe and friendly.

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