Discovery Kits

Facilitated use of the hands-on Discovery Kit is included in your Reservation. The materials relate directly to content in the Field Guide, as highlighted below.

Each Discovery Kit includes:

Bilum bags made of natural fibers

A bilum bag made of acrylic yarn

A bilum bag made of acrylic yarn with the colors and symbols of the Papua New Guinea flag. To learn more about the Papua New Guinea flag, please click here.

A dagger made from the femur bone of a Cassowary bird

Braided orchid fiber

Ochre mineral used for pigment

Books you can enjoy reading aloud (time permitting), including: The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry, The Forest in the Clouds by Sneed B. Collard III, and How the Camel Got His Hump by Rudyard Kipling