Jan. 31, 2006
Field Trip Possibilities for North Central Iowa
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http://www.themusicmansquare.org/index.htm - "76 Trombones led the big parade,"...and you can follow the history of Meredith Wilson and times goneby! Tour his boyhood home and the town he immortalized as "River City" in his famous musical The Music Man. Wonderful website.
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http://www.stockmanhouse.org - for families, interested in the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (probably more interesting to older children with interest in art/architecture.
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http://www.macniderart.org - local art museum with the ORIGINAL puppets made by Bill Baird used in The Sound of Music! ("High on a hill with a lonely goatherd...lei-dee-yodel-ay-dee-yodel-ay-hee-hoo!")
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http://www.limecreeknature.org/index.html - bring a picnic lunch, and enjoy the beauty of this conservation area, nice trails for bikes, horses, walking. Inside the nature center building there are mounted animals, live animals, hands-on materials, an auditorium, various natural resource displays.
In Rockford, about 15 minutes East of Mason City -
- http://www.fossilcenter.com/ - Go on a FREE dig for fossils and take a few home as souvenirs! (Strong evolutionary information, but a great place to go dig fossils, there are so many!) Can easily spend half a day here!
In Waterloo, Iowa visit the Grout Museum District! - Oooh, aah! You're gonna love this place! This museum district has something for everyone! Several buildings chocked full of educational adventures! Visit their hands on Imaginarium with daily science demonstrations, or check out the Planetarium Show at the Grout Museum.
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