Curious Georgetm: LET'S Get curious!
Saturday, June 13, 2009 - Sunday, Sept. 29, 2009
Hold on to your yellow hat! This will be a very curious summer at Creative Discovery Museum with a featured exhibit, programs, workshops, and camps based on a treasured family favorite and most curious little monkey, Curious George™.
Let curiosity and inquiry be your guide in the featured summer exhibit, Curious George: Let's Get Curious! Explore familiar buildings and locales from the Curious George book series and television series on PBS KIDS. Through fun math, science and engineering-based adventures, this exhibit inspires children of all ages to ask questions and find answers through hands-on problem solving.
Designed, developed and built by Minnesota Children’s Museum in partnership with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group, the exhibit’s content is based on educational standards developed by Minnesota Children’s Museum and an expert advisory panel to the PBS KIDS series, as well as national science and math standards for young children.
The Museum has partnered with The Chattanooga Zoo and WTCI Channel 45 to help present the exhibit. Both The Chattanooga Zoo and WTCI are offering valuable resource areas within the exhibit including an interactive matching game, informational graphics including “Meet Curious George’s Zoo Friends”, and a special display of original art created by chimpanzees!
Other places to look for in the exhibit:
Apartment Building
Operate wheels to move Curious George on pulleys from window to window. Climb the fire escape and play with color, light and shadow.
Sidewalk Produce Stand
Play customer or salesperson and explore shape, sorting, weighing and counting with fruits and vegetables.
Construction Site
Design a building and get to work constructing different structures and using machines to move materials.
City Park
Enjoy the urban green space: rest or give a hug to a full-size Curious George and take a picture! Our youngest visitors will enjoy our busy wall activities for babies and toddlers.
Mini Golf
Use pipes, ramps, funnels, turntables, bumpers and force to experiment with physics and engineering as you putt through three holes of mini golf.
Space Rocket
Step up to the rocket Curious George took on his space adventure! Pose for a picture with George in his space suit and e-mail it home.
Farm
Take a vacation to the country and visit the farm. Experience cause and effect and use wind power to move yard art like whirligigs, windmills, windsocks, and wind chimes. Build your own whirligig or windsock and care for the farm animals.
Museum within the Museum
Learn new things about George when you visit the Museum within the Museum. Follow H.A. and Margret Rey’s work, the escape from France to safety during World War II that saved the Curious George manuscript, and Curious George throughout the years.
Mark Your Calendars for:
Curious George Sightings
This summer Curious George will make appearances at random times between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursdays between now and September 24! Stop by and see if you can find him! He won't be out the entire two hours, so if you don't see him one Thursday try again.
Get Curious
Tuesdays June 16 through August 11 are Curious Tuesdays. Enjoy the same kinds of activities that George encounters in his fun-filled adventures. Artists, zoo animals, community helpers and lots of special guests will bring fun and curiosity to these special days. Be sure to check our Calendar of Events for specifics.
June 27 – Banana Day!
The Museum is devoting a whole day of activities to the tropical fruit. Throughout “Banana Day” at the Museum, you can create funny banana hats, sing silly banana songs, and even measure your height with bananas! From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., tempt your taste buds and vote for one of five SIX yummy banana puddings. Banana pudding is a southern tradition, and the Museum is taking the perfect opportunity to host a best banana pudding contest. Announced by Anne Braly in a recent issue of the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the Museum called for nominations for the Chattanooga restaurant with the best banana pudding. On June 27, the top six nominees will whip up a large batch of the favorite dessert for you to taste. Participating restaurants include Hillbilly Willy’s BBQ & Catering, Jenkins Country Style Buffet, Murphy’s Eatz & Sweetz, Purple Daisy, Southern Star, and Shuford’s Smokehouse. From 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Taco Rico will be leading a tamale wrapping demonstration using plantain leaves in our new Teaching Kitchen located adjacent to the upstairs gallery.
Curious George television series merchandise © Universal Studios. Curious George and related characters, created by Margret and H.A. Rey, are copyrighted and trademarked by Houghton Mifflin Company and used under license. Licensed by Universal Studios licensing LLLP. All rights reserved. The PBS KIDS logo is a registered mark of PBS and is used with permission.
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