{"id":63819,"date":"2021-07-23T09:01:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T13:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=news&#038;p=63819"},"modified":"2021-07-23T09:01:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T13:01:39","slug":"whiteville-location-announces-return-of-discovery-forest-interactive-experience","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/news\/whiteville-location-announces-return-of-discovery-forest-interactive-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiteville location announces return of Discovery Forest interactive experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_5827-Edit_800.jpg\" alt=\"The Discovery Forest at Whiteville.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Museum&#8217;s Whiteville location is pleased to announce the return of a popular, interactive experience: The Discovery Forest.<\/p>\n<p>The ideal place for intergenerational learning, The Discovery Forest is filled with natural items and activities designed for young children and adults to enjoy together. Guests can read a science story in the book nook, perform an animal puppet show or engage in sensory play with natural items such as shells or wood.<\/p>\n<p>As a child-focused area, face masks are requested and hand sanitizer is available for use. High-touch surfaces are cleaned daily. Each group is invited to enter the space after a brief orientation from one of our friendly Whiteville Museum staff members or volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Whiteville staff report, &#8220;It is so heartening to hear the exclamations, laughter and the other sounds that make up the language of learning through play returning to The Discovery Forest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the return of The Discovery Forest, Whiteville guests can enjoy the new &#8220;Check Out Nature&#8221; backpack program. These backpacks are loaded with activities that takes visitors on an exploration of Museum grounds. Topics include birds, animal tracks, signs and &#8220;life long ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/visit\/whiteville\/index\"><strong>Get more information about the Museum&#8217;s Whiteville location<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"cleardiv\" \/>\n<p><em>For more information about our upcoming activities, conservation news and ground-breaking research, follow @NaturalSciences on\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/naturalsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naturalsciences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/naturalsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/em><em>.\u00a0Join the conversation with #visitNCMNS.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63820,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/63819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/63819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}