Extra Credit Event 1

During the Thanksgiving break, I went to San Diego with my friends and visited The Natural History Museum. Since it was just a day after Thanksgiving, there weren't a lot of visitors. The posters of 'Skull' and 'Water' hang around the wall of the museum and those are the major two exhibitions I focused on. Since the ticket price was relatively expensive, most of my friends left me and my roommates to watch movies (SAD).

The first exhibition was the 'Skull.' It is a research collection of nearly 200 weirdest, wildest, and all-around most fascinating skulls. And the skulls featured are specimens of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. We were able to compare 57 species of snakes and lizards, which I found was pretty disgusting, and we also watched scavenger beetles devour the flesh off a real animal skeleton, which was even more DISGUSTING! But the actual Titanic artifacts make up for the negatives, because the beautiful photography and interesting short movies are really enjoyable. Since I am not a huge fan of skull and bones, I cannot extract the essence of its beauty. Thus, I did my best to distinguish the differences between them, and it was a hard work.
In the corridor, there were plenty of dinosaurs.

The next exhibit was Water: A California Story, which let visitors to learn about current, local issues on land, including adaptations to water scarcity, urban run-off, ocean pollution and etc. There were photos, maps, videos and hands-on activities provided for visitors to comprehend the knowledge of nature. Climate was also another major focus of the exhibition, and the mission also includes discover how to protect water and the earth for our future generation.

Since the Museum of man is really close to the Natural History Museum, I also caught the chance to take a trip there.One of the memorable exhibitions was Footsteps Through Time: Four Million Years of Human Evolution. The exhibition brought visitors on a fascinating journey of 65 millions of years, spotlighting the anthropological finds relating to human evolution. The mission of this exhibition was to display the life and history of human kind. Before visiting the exhibition, I only had a obscure idea about human evolution, as simple as we are all derived from monkeys. But after the journey, I learned how complicated our evolution was and how fascinating the history appeared to be. Major evolutionary creatures include gorilla, Kenyanthropus platyops and etc. There are definitely more specific breakdowns throughout the evolution. Here are just a few to mention.

San Diego is a really great place to spend your breaks. There are many museums and they are all in the same district within walking distances between each others. Don't miss out this place, believe me on this, you will find a museum that you are interested in the most and enjoy a great day exploring new knowledge!!