“The Lives of Living Things”

Living things live by influencing and being influenced by each other in the course of multiplication, migration to other places, eating other living things, being parasites, or coexisting. Some creatures that live in paddy fields migrate to reservoirs or rivers. How environments combine around the environment that organisms live in, as well as the structure of surrounding towns impact the lives of organisms. Furthermore, observing how insects, birds, and fish that travel long distances live provides some insight to the fact that environments in East Asia are broadly connected.

This exhibition room is designed so that children can learn, through games and interactive models, the hidden principle in the lives of living things. Adults are also welcome to try these activities themselves, or to gain an understanding through watching the children play and provide them with explanations.