Day 74/175 -Bugmania

 

Adventures we love to have, and this week we went on one to the local Maine State Museum. 

For the last 10yrs they have been having Bugmania. What exactly is Bugmania  your asking?  Well it is a day were a bunch of Entomologist come in with dead specimen's pinned to a board, or live ones. The kids absolutely love the live specimens. They have stick bugs, spiders, millipedes, and so much more.

I personally find most of them very creepy, but I don't want my kids to be scared of them. So, we continue to go. Monkey Man is the bravest of them all, and loves to hold the ones they allow.

Here is a few pictures of our day!

 

 

This is how a Dragonfly starts.. Did you know that?

 

Day 51/175 Field Trip to Maine State Museum–Earth Science Day

 

 

Today we went on a field trip to the Maine State Museum again. Today was Earth Science Day, and the kids were very excited. 

 

 

Here are some pictures of our day!

 

Tools from the old days to make granite stones

 

Showing us how granite was split

 

 

The nice sign!

 

 

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The really cool Poland Springs Bottle my kids LOVED!

 

 

Looking for rocks

 

 

Panning for gold… the highlight of the day!

Day 34/175 Field Trip to Maine State Museum

Today was our second field trip of the year. We dropped Daddy off at work, and headed to the Maine State Museum. My son is such a fan of this place to start with… any place with History and he is there.

Today was the Bugmania.. They had entomologist on site for kids to ask questions. Along with a bunch of different bugs to check out and learn about. What could be more fun right? (note my sarcasm) Mostly, cause I am not a huge bug person, and was not looking forward to seeing lots of creepy crawlies in one place. Despite that however, we had a really good time.

Here are some pictures of our fun filled day!

Monkey Man holding a Millipede

Monkey Man holding a Stick Bug

Tarantula, Monkey Man held one, but not this one.

Cockroach

The 3 Monkey’s writing with a feather pen