点评:This Educational Center hit all the right notes: it is truly educational, teaching us about an area that we didn't know well but making things very relatable: my wife saw buttons that she and her mother had both used in sewing, not realizing that they came from the Mississippi rather than an ocean somewhere. The exhibits are both hands-on kid-friendly and interesting for adults as well. It includes information about the geological features of the area, the previous and current biosystems, and also human cultural and historical patterns over the years. Never too much information, but still a lot: it was just plain enjoyable!
It obviously has great local support, perhaps in part because it also is a tribute to the local families' lives and work over the decades. Its design, both in how it's laid out and in what it teaches, is excellent.
翻译:这个教育中心恰到好处:它真的非常具有教育意义,让我们了解一个我们不太了解的地区,但又能让我们产生共鸣:我妻子看到了她和她母亲以前做针线活时用过的纽扣,当时她们没有意识到这些纽扣来自密西西比河,而不是某个海洋。展品既适合孩子们亲手操作,也对成年人来说很有趣。它涵盖了该地区的地质特征、过去和现在的生物系统,以及多年来人类的文化和历史模式。信息量适中,但内容丰富:简直太有趣了!
它显然得到了当地人的大力支持,或许部分原因是它也是对当地家庭几十年来生活和劳动的致敬。它的设计,无论是布局还是教学内容,都非常出色。