A Bugz Life

Jed learns about bugs in this fun & interactive display at the Melbourne Museum.

Bugs make all kinds of amazing homes. 

Here, Jed pushes buttons to activate lights that show the ciculatory, nervous, digestive & reproductive system within a cross-sectioned enlarged replica of a beetle. I love the sheer delight on his face!

I found these large informative displays fascinating. I had a great Earth Science teacher - God bless her heart! And I loved my science classes. I hope to pass on to Jed the same kind of love for science & learning. He skipped past these displays, as I expected. But, I took good photos and, when he is older, we can go through them together.

Learning about camouflage... Here's an insect that looks like a leaf.

Can you find them now?

Here is a darkened lens.

Jed presses the button and can now see a real specimen inside. This display shows a rhinoceros cockroach.

Did you know that.... ?

Jed stands in front of a display of all sorts of animals, smiling and all pleased with himself for learning more about bugs.