Kohl Children's Musuem Guide 2019 Fall

22 EXHIBITS Roll up your sleeves and help complete the construction of a beautiful new house. When you’ve nished the building, don’t forget to add some decorations! Try it: ❍ Put up magnetic wallpaper to add some color to the inside of the house. ❍ Use the digger’s crank and levers to pick up a soft-sculpture rock. ❍ Use the pulleys to move materials. Find out: 1. When you crank the soft rocks up the conveyor belt on the house, where do they go? 2. How many carpet tiles are needed to carpet the oor? The great outdoors opens up to Museum visitors in our 2-acre nature park where nature discoveries abound. Please note: Habitat Park closes for the season on October 27. Try it: ❍ Find your way through the prairie grass maze to discover what animal sculpture is hiding at the center. ❍ Use your senses of sight, touch, hearing, and smell to examine characteristics of plants in the Park. ❍ Climb up the rope structures to discover how animals move through the trees. Find out: 1. How does the color of stone change when you paint it with water? ________________________________ 2. How many di erent materials can you nd on the sculpture trail?_______ HABITAT PARK Habitat Park has been underwritten by the Diana M. and Bruce V. Rauner Family. Sculpture Trail given by the Shaw Family in memory of Charles H. Shaw. Additional support provided by the Public Museum Capital Grants Program, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois State Museum; the Institute of Museum and Library Services; the Souder Family Foundation; The Handwerker Family; Tom and Louise Flickinger & the Edward E. and Marie L. Matthews Foundation; and the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. HOUSE HANDS ON