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3-D Model of the Big Dipper

3-D Model of the Big Dipper

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Students see firsthand that stars and constellations are not arranged in a flat, 2-D pattern in this Moveable Museum unit. The five-page PDF guide includes suggested general background readings for educators, activity notes, step-by-step directions, and a Big Dipper map. Students make their own 3-D models of the Big Dipper using readily available materials and examine their models, observing the 3-D constellation from new perspectives.

Subject:: Space Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

The 3-D Universe

The 3-D Universe

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A 2-D map is a great guide here on Earth—and virtually worthless for finding your way around in outer space. Take a 3-D look at mapping our solar system and universe. This Moveable Museum article, available as a printable PDF file, looks at how astronomers use data to create 3-D models of the universe. Explore these concepts further using the recommended resources mentioned in this reading selection.

Subject:: Space Science
Material Type:: Data Set
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

African Ethnography Collection

African Ethnography Collection

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This online database of our African Ethnographic collection includes artifacts that were found throughout the continent of Africa, from The Gambia to Madagascar, from Algeria to South Africa. The database allows you to see all artifacts for a country by clicking on a map or list of country names, search by object type, culture, and keyword find out what items are currently on display, and learn about recently acquired artifacts. There are two ways to search the collection as a picture-only gallery, or as a catalog that describes each artifact's provenance (country, locale, culture), materials, dimensions, and year of acquisition.

Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

After-School Educator's Guide to OLogy: Paleontology

After-School Educator's Guide to OLogy: Paleontology

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This comprehensive guide to the Paleontology section of OLogy, the Museum's science Web site for kids, explains how after-school educators can make the most of the site. It focuses on dinosaurs because that's what kids are most familiar with. An introduction to the Big Ideas in Paleontology brings educators up to speed on how scientists study early life on Earth, what kind of information the fossil record contains, and why dinosaurs are not extinct. A Site Map shows where to locate all Paleontology resources, from stories to quizzes to hands-on-activities. Paleontology units offer ways to combine different types of resources around a topic. Follow-up questions encourage inquiry-based learning. Wrap-Up Paleo Projects suggests fun ways to wrap up any of these units. A Links and Resources section lists recommended paleontology-related books and Web sites for educators and for kids. A glossary of paleontological terms wraps up the guide.

Subject:: Education; Life Science; Geoscience
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

Antarctic Extreme Jeopardy

Antarctic Extreme Jeopardy

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This activity, which centers on Antarctica, challenges students to research and create the answers and questions for a game of classroom Jeopardy. The printable six-page handout includes a series of inquiry-based questions to get students thinking about Antarctica and guidelines for conducting additional research, illustrated activity directions and a worksheet that helps students craft their Jeopardy-style answers and questions.

Subject:: History, Law, Politics; Chemistry; Geoscience; Physics; Space Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Interactive; Lesson Plan
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History; University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History; DLESE Community Collection
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

Antarctica in Images

Antarctica in Images

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This classroom activity introduces students to Antarctica's organisms, landscapes, and seascapes. After examining the images in the photo gallery, students work in small groups to discuss their conclusions about the living conditions on this continent. The printable three-page handout includes a series of questions to help students structure their thoughts while viewing the gallery images and a group worksheet that guides students through a discussion of their evolving hypotheses and conclusions.

Subject:: Geoscience
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

Around the World with DNA

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Around the World with DNA

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This fun Web site is part of OLogy, where kids can collect virtual trading cards and create projects with them. Here, they take a look at genetics and DNA research with six AMNH scientists' journals. The Humpback Whale Journal takes kids to Madagascar to meet this endangered species. The Spotted Owl Journal takes kids to California for a look at these birds who are at risk because their forest homes are being cut down. The Sumatran Tiger Journal takes kids to Indonesia for a look at this genetically unique tiger. The Ruffed Lemur Journal also takes kids to Madagascar, but this time they venture inland to meet the endangered primate. The Pacu Journal takes kids to Brazil to meet this vegetarian relative of the meat-eating piranha. The St. Vincent Parrot Journal takes kids to the West Indies to meet the rare, colorful birds that are further at risk because of smuggling.

Material Type:: Reading
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 02/16/2011

Arthropod Identification

Arthropod Identification

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After researching the characteristics of arthropods, students observe arthropods in the field, analyze their data, and learn how to develop their own arthropod collection. The unit is designed to be completed in eight or more sessions. The comprehensive curriculum materials contain information for teachers, including activity tips and an overview of the characteristics that define arthropods.

Subject:: Life Science
Material Type:: Lesson Plan; Unit of Study
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

Arthropod Jeopardy

Arthropod Jeopardy

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In this Biodiversity Counts activity, students use their arthropod knowledge to create and play a classroom Jeopardy-style game. The printable five-page PDF handout includes a series of inquiry-based questions to help students identify what they already know about arthropods and step-by-step directions for developing Jeopardy-style quiz questions.

Subject:: Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Game; Lesson Plan
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

Arthropod Morphology

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Arthropod Morphology

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This Web page serves as a linked table of contents for the museum's supplemental resources on arthropod morphology. From it, you can access the following illustrated guides with a single click: Types of Antennae, Front View of an Insect (Grasshopper) Head, Parts of an Insect (Grasshopper), Parts of a Spider: Dorsal View of a Male Spider, Parts of a Spider: Ventral View of a Female Spider, and Metamorphosis.

Subject:: Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 02/16/2011

Arthropods in Their Microhabitats

Arthropods in Their Microhabitats

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This unit, in which students prepare to observe arthropods in their field site's different microhabitats, helps set the stage for a discussion on the ramifications of habitat loss. It's designed to be completed in four or more sessions and has comprehensive curriculum materials for teachers, including activity tips and an overview of the microhabitats in a temperate forest. The unit is designed to answer the following two target questions. What microhabitats exist at our site? Do different arthropods occur in different microhabitats?

Subject:: Life Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience
Material Type:: Lesson Plan; Unit of Study
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites

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Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites

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This Web site, created to complement the Hall of Meteorites, looks at these fallen rocks and what they tell scientists about the formation of stars and planets.

Subject:: History, Law, Politics; Chemistry; Geoscience; Physics; Space Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Reading
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History; University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History; DLESE Community Collection
Date Added:: 02/16/2011

Asian Ethnography Collection

Asian Ethnography Collection

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This online database of our Asian Ethnographic collection includes artifacts that were found throughout the continent of Asia, from Russia to Indonesia, from Turkey to Japan. The database allows you to see all artifacts for a country by clicking on a map or list of country names, search by object type, culture, and keyword, find out what items are currently on display and learn about recently acquired artifacts. There are two ways to search the collection as a picture-only gallery, or as a catalog that describes each artifact's provenance (country, locale, culture), materials, dimensions, and year of acquisition.

Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

Astronomy Books for Adults

Astronomy Books for Adults

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This reference list has more than 20 recommended astronomy books for older students and adults. For each title, the publisher and publication date is included, along with author name. The list is divided into three subcategories: General Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light and Telescopes, and Digital Imaging and the 3-D Universe.

Subject:: Physics; Space Science
Material Type:: Data Set
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

Audio Gallery: Scientists and Social Responsibility

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Audio Gallery: Scientists and Social Responsibility

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This online audio gallery is from the Museum's Seminars on Science, a series of distance-learning courses designed to help educators meet the new national science standards. Scientists and Social Responsibility, part of the Frontiers in Physical Science seminar, is available in broadband and modem formats and with a printable PDF transcript. The audio discuss some of the social-responsibility issues that scientists are grappling with today.

Subject:: Education
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 02/16/2011

Becoming a Cultural Researcher

Becoming a Cultural Researcher

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Students learn about material culture in this Moveable Museum lesson plan by taking a firsthand look at how culture influences the kinds of things we do. The 12-page PDF guide has educator materials including background information, teacher strategies, assessment guidelines, and detailed notes about the curriculum standards addressed. The Becoming a Cultural Researcher activity worksheet has a series of questions that prompts students to reflect on the material culture of daily activities, customs, or ceremonies. There is a kid-friendly glossary of related terms.

Material Type:: Lesson Plan; Student Guide
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

Beyond T. rex

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This fun Web site is part of OLogy, where kids can collect virtual trading cards and create projects with them. Here, they learn about cladograms and the vast variety of dinosaurs that once roamed Earth. The activity opens by telling kids that there are more than 400 known species of extinct dinosaurs and by explaining how cladograms show their relationships to one another. Students then go to an interactive cladogram that has 19 dinosaur species. Each of the 19 dinosaurs includes a trading card with details about the species and its discovery, photographs, and interactive multiple-choice and "Fact or Fiction?" quizzes.

Subject:: Life Science; Geoscience
Material Type:: Data Set
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

Bigger Than You Think

Bigger Than You Think

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In this classroom activity, middle school students examine the wide-ranging sizes of dinosaurs. The activity opens with background information for teachers about the enormous range of dinosaur sizes. In a classroom discussion, students describe the size of some dinosaurs. Then, working from an existing grid, students create either a to-scale drawing of a Tyrannosaurus head or a life-size drawing of a Protoceratops.

Subject:: Life Science; Geoscience
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

Biodiversity Books

Biodiversity Books

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This reference list has a dozen kid-friendly books on a wide range of biodiversity topics. For each title, the author, publisher, and publication date are included along with a brief description of the book. The list includes field guides and other reference books to help students begin exploring plants, insects, birds, and other living things, easy-to-complete activities to bring the importance of biodiversity home, and engaging stories that introduce students to cultural tales that celebrate biodiversity.

Subject:: Life Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience
Material Type:: Interactive
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014

Biodiversity Literature for Middle School Students

Biodiversity Literature for Middle School Students

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This reference list has more than 30 kid-friendly books on biodiversity. For each title, the author, publisher, and publication date are given. The diverse list includes field guides for identifying plants and insects, hands-on nature experiments and activities, photographic looks at the world's diverse species, and handbooks with tips about collecting and preserving specimens.

Subject:: Life Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience
Material Type:: Data Set
Provider:: American Museum of Natural History
Provider Set:: American Museum of Natural History
Date Added:: 10/15/2014