Kohl Children's Musuem Guide 2019 Fall

24 EXHIBITS At our play café, children get to try their hand at working the lunch hour and making pretend sandwiches for diners. Try it: ❍ Make a sandwich using buns, meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, etc. ❍ Answer the telephone or ask your caregivers what kind of sandwich they would like. ❍ Create a pretend milkshake with chocolate or vanilla ice cream. Fill in the blanks: 1. How many di erent types of pretend meat and cheese are there? ________________________________ 2. My favorite kind of sandwich is: ________________________________ PLAY CAFÉ Explore the concepts behind renewable energy of the wind and sun using solar panels, wind turbines, mirrors, and magnifying glasses. Try it: ❍ Create the most e ective wind turbine through testing a variety of blade shapes. ❍ Align houses toward the sun to get the most e ective use out of solar panels. ❍ Conduct virtual experiments with objects including ice-cream, popsicles, and chocolate using magnifying glasses and mirrors to harness the sun’s energy. Fill in the blanks: 1. How many wind turbines can you get to spin at one time?__________ POWERED BY NATURE Powered by Nature has been underwritten by Allstate, with additional support from ComEd, an Exelon Company, HSBC Bank, USA, the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, The Public Museum Capital Grants program, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.