L.A. Children museum holds activities to celebrate Earth Day

STORY: L.A. Children museum holds activities to celebrate Earth Day DATELINE: April 23, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:27 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of children attending the event on Earth Day STORYLINE: Kidspace Children's Museum in Los Angeles in the western U.S. state of California kicked off a full weekend of green activities and community-building special events on Friday in celebration of Earth Day. The activities include earth painting, making rope toys for shelter dogs out of recycled T-shirts, and observing and learning about native species of wildlife that are beneficial to the ecosystems. Children can participate in a bug spotting program, developed by the University of Kansas, to learn how to find, count, and record wildlife at home. They can also adopt a live caterpillar through a nature and science project that allows people to follow the growth of a tiny caterpillar at home as they miraculously transform into a Painted Lady butterfly that can be released into n

U.S.-CALIFORNIA-KIDSPACE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM-EARTH DAY

U.S.-CALIFORNIA-KIDSPACE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM-EARTH DAY

(220423) -- LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A child visits the Kidspace Children's Museum in Los Angeles, California, the United States, April 22, 2022. Kidspace Children's Museum in Los Angeles, in the western U.S. state of California, kicked off a full weekend of green activities and community-building special events on Friday in celebration of Earth Day. TO GO WITH "Kids museum in L.A. kicks off activities celebrating Earth Day" (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

U.S.-CALIFORNIA-KIDSPACE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM-EARTH DAY

U.S.-CALIFORNIA-KIDSPACE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM-EARTH DAY

(220423) -- LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Kidspace Children's Museum in Los Angeles, California, the United States, April 22, 2022. Kidspace Children's Museum in Los Angeles, in the western U.S. state of California, kicked off a full weekend of green activities and community-building special events on Friday in celebration of Earth Day. TO GO WITH "Kids museum in L.A. kicks off activities celebrating Earth Day" (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

U.S.-CALIFORNIA-KIDSPACE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM-EARTH DAY

U.S.-CALIFORNIA-KIDSPACE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM-EARTH DAY

(220423) -- LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A girl learns wildlife at the Kidspace Children's Museum in Los Angeles, California, the United States, April 22, 2022. Kidspace Children's Museum in Los Angeles, in the western U.S. state of California, kicked off a full weekend of green activities and community-building special events on Friday in celebration of Earth Day. TO GO WITH "Kids museum in L.A. kicks off activities celebrating Earth Day" (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

U.S.-CALIFORNIA-KIDSPACE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM-EARTH DAY

U.S.-CALIFORNIA-KIDSPACE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM-EARTH DAY

(220423) -- LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A child visits the Kidspace Children's Museum in Los Angeles, California, the United States, April 22, 2022. Kidspace Children's Museum in Los Angeles, in the western U.S. state of California, kicked off a full weekend of green activities and community-building special events on Friday in celebration of Earth Day. TO GO WITH "Kids museum in L.A. kicks off activities celebrating Earth Day" (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

U.S.-CALIFORNIA-KIDSPACE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM-EARTH DAY

U.S.-CALIFORNIA-KIDSPACE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM-EARTH DAY

(220423) -- LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Kidspace Children's Museum in Los Angeles, California, the United States, April 22, 2022. Kidspace Children's Museum in Los Angeles, in the western U.S. state of California, kicked off a full weekend of green activities and community-building special events on Friday in celebration of Earth Day. TO GO WITH "Kids museum in L.A. kicks off activities celebrating Earth Day" (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)