Did you know that Wednesday is Reptile Awareness Day? Reptiles like turtle, snakes, and lizards are near and dear to our hearts. In honor of Reptile Awareness Day, we’re dedicating this week’s emails to reptiles and focusing on some very special programming and artwork highlighting them!
John Agnew is an artist of the natural world. He has drawn and painted reptiles of all sorts, and we’re excited to showcase some of his beautiful crocodilian scratchboards at the Nature Museum. Click the thumbnail above to take a virtual tour of Crocodilian Scratchboards, and learn more about his unique technique. Then, keep exploring reptiles and art with the activities below!
Crocodilian Scratchboards by John Agnew, Produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C.
Alright, scientists! It’s time to use your observation skills! Click here to download our Spot the Difference sheet and see if you can spot all the differences between two drawings. Plus, you’ll learn about three very different, but very cool, animals along the way!
Join this Saturday, October 24, for our next installment of Curious By Nature LIVE! We’re taking an up-close look at snakes from our living collections. We’ll learn about snake bodies, how snakes hunt and eat, and where they live! Click here to register your young scientist.
Are you inspired by John Agnew’s art in Crocodilian Scratchboards? Check out this week’s Wonder Workbook all about nature and art! Click here to check out all of our Wonder Workbooks.
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