I am a student at New College of USF in Sarasota.  As part of a tutorial,
I must present a design for the honeybee exhibit at the Gulf Coast
Children's Museum (along with an estimate of material prices).  The
actual hive is already in place.  It is thin with plexiglass on two sides
to allow for easy viewing of the bee's activities.  A tube through the
wall provides access to the outside.  As yet, there is no informational
material whatsoever surrounding it.
I was wondering if anyone might be able to suggest some creative ideas
about how to present a large and varied amount of information about bees
(including non-Apis bees).  Ideally, since this type of museum is
supposed to have interactive exhibits, there should be opportunities for
some sort of manipulation or active involvement in the material's
presentation.  Also, since the people visiting the museum will
(hopefully) be of many different ages and levels of education, the
exhibit should be structured so that it is interesting
and understandable in some way to a young child and at the same time
informative and challenging to an educated adult.  Any ideas for a game that
isn't easily broken and doesn't have lots of little loseable, swallowable
pieces would be good.
I will greatly appreciate any suggestions you might have.  I want to make
sure that the museum visitors understand what incredible animals bees are.
 
                                                Thank-you,
                                                Andrea
 
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