Before we headed to the science centre I noticed on their web site that you can bring nature treasures to trade. You are awarded points for the treasures you bring based on how unique it is and how much you know about it. We took with us a chestnut, two shells, some quartz and a river rock. The kids took them up to the interpreter, shared what they knew about their items (with gusto!) and were award 900 points in total. They opted to split it evenly into three, giving them 300 points each. They could then go into the nature section which is part of the centre, and pick items that were worth or totalled their point value. There were items that ranged from 5 points (pine cones, pebbles, broken shells) to 5000 points (whole snake skin, dead and dried millipedes, huge shells, rare minerals). The kids were in a tizzy, bouncing from one drawer to another. It was a really tough choice to narrow it down. They came home with new items for their collections that they treasured; a piece of garnet, three different types of shells, a piece of ocean crayfish, fossilized leaf, horn fossil, a large insect fossil (cant remember its name) fossilized comb coral, dried coral, and a new piece of quartz.
"Wow Mama, that was way better than any gift shop!"
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