The Field Museum is such an engaging educational resource for our students! We were thrilled to take advantage of the half day and the beautiful weather. The Ancient Egypt and Dinosaur exhibits won the popular student vote, so these are the exhibits we visited. Students had 2 page "sketchbooks" to draw in and were given handouts to document artifacts and specimens. The Ancient Egyptian practice of embalming was a huge curiosity and interest: a couple children captured quite clearly in their sketches the removal of the deceased's intestines! Also of interest was the Ancient Egyptian cot replica (everyone wanted to take a turn lying in it) and the huge block of limestone that they were challenged to move even slightly (they pulled with all of their might, so we told a small white lie and said it moved just a hair). We had a fast paced tour through the dinosaur exhibits because the clock was ticking, but it was great to examine their massive skeletal structures and to make comparisons among them. A big thank you to Chris Davis who chaperoned the trip with us and for taking the photo below.
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