On 6/19/08, the kids were able to participate in the Field Museum's Play Lab Study. Todd was nice enough to meet us there in the morning because we needed a parent for each kid. The kids just had to play in the Play Lab's Pueblo area and then go through the Native American exhibit and meeting house upstairs, while being followed around by a researcher. The next day we have an activity at home to complete, and then two weeks later another set of activities. Then you mail everything back to the study folks. In exchange: free parking, free passes to the museum and free membership to the Harris Loan Center in the Field Museum.
After we were done with the study, we were able to sneak into the Underground Adventure (right) and Mythic Creatures exhibit (below).
I couldn't resist the Unicorn vs. Narwhal toy for the kids. They have magical battle horns that you can switch out. Ummm...Cool!
Ribbit!
We went over to the Shedd Aquarium afterwards because it was a free day. Free days aren't actually the best idea here. Too crowded for one thing, and not really free for another. They still make you pay an arm and also your best leg for the Oceanarium area. We just stuck to the free stuff since we had a full day already.
Here is an experience box we checked out from the Harris Loan Center. It was all about insects. It was really neat to be able to take these things home and study them up close. There were books, videos, and tapes included also. They have so many neat things to check out, even real dinosaur bones!
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