Arts & Entertainment
Golf Fore the Planet
The Academy of Natural Sciences offers environmental lessons throughout miniature golf course.
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This weekend head to the Academy of Natural Sciences to treat the kids to a game of miniature golf, while sneaking in a lesson about the environment.
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Fore! The Planet: A Putt-to-Learn Adventure is an interactive 18-hole mini golf course that incorporates important environmental issues such as pollution, recycling and dinosaur extinction. Try to get a hole-in-one while learning about evolution, food chains and much more.
- Location: The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pa., 19103.
- Date/Time: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Price: 13 and older, $12; children ages 3 to 12, seniors, military and students (with ID), $10; children younger than 3, free.
- More Info: The Academy of Natural Sciences website
