Night at the Museum as Teaching Tool

After my surprise that Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian beat out Terminator Salvation at the box office this weekend (I guess a LOT of you parents needed to get the kids out of the house over the long weekend, huh?) I realized that seeing the film could be a fun opportunity to “take the teachable moment” (as they say) and educate your kids.  From dinosaurs to Emelia  Earhart to egyptology, there were (and are) a lot of interesting ways to talk about some subjects that don’t come up in everyday conversation… including exactly what (and where) the Smithsonian is.  (You do know that it is a collection of museums, right?) — E. Christian Moore