Its Wetlands Supermarket teaches the importance of ecosystems as kids “shop” for everything they need to survive.
Director of exhibits at Swaner Hunter Klingensmith said the exhibit is inspired by a popular autobiography.
“We thought of the idea thanks to Robin Wall Kimmerer's book ‘Braiding Sweetgrass.’ She has a chapter called ‘Wall Marsh,’ where she talks about how wetlands are like the supermarkets of the natural world,” she said on KPCW’s ‘Local News Hour.” “They're where wildlife get the things that they need. They provide a ton of resources just for our ecosystems.”
Kids can also dress up as wetland animals, use their shopping list to gather everything they need to survive the wetlands, check out at the register and more.
