Discovery Zone October 11, 2008

In the Birds of the James Walkway, a touchscreen computer permits visitors to discover how eagles and ospreys fly, raise young, eat, migrate and see. Compare your arm span and hands to the life-size wingspan and bronze talons of an eagle and osprey. Older children use a Wentzscope to conduct water quality studies in the Discovery Laboratory. Parents of curious toddlers delight in the Discovery Room. The environment features a Storytelling Tree covered with soft-sculpture material and padding with a leafy canopy. Children use their imagination as they place animals, birds, fish, reptiles and insects along the Velcrou James River. Eighteen different Discovery Boxes are on display, just the thing for the young child or future ecologist that craves more about a favorite topic. The boxes are chock full of related objects to be read, touched and manipulated. For example, the