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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Stargazing

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get started on the road to becoming an expert stargazer by following these recommendations for identifying stars, planets, and constellations. Includes an example of a journal that can be used as a record of your investigations.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Atomic Mobile

For Students 3rd - 8th
Illustrated instructions for how to make a model of an atom (an atom mobile).
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Pacu O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find questions and answers, fast facts, and other bite-size pieces of information to help you understand important characteristics of the South American pacu, a freshwater fish.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Brown Pelican O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find a definition, fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about the characteristics of the brown pelican.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Breed O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find questions and answers, fast facts, and other bite-size pieces of information to help you understand the breeding process of plants and animals. Also learn about teosinte, a grass that Native...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Taiwan O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about the island of Taiwan. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this small country that is sometimes called Formosa.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Kryptobaatar O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find questions and answers, fast facts, and other bite-size pieces of information to help you understand important characteristics of the Kryptobaatar, a prehistoric mammal.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Archaeology: Clues From the Past

For Students 3rd - 5th
This resource is a place for learning all about archaeology - archaeological fieldwork, field journals, tools of the trade, and interesting archaeological sites and discoveries. Explore, ask questions, find information, and meet...
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University of Oxford (UK)

Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The Learning Zone: Fossils

For Students 3rd - 5th
This excellent website walks students through the basics of understanding fossils. It emphasizes that most common fossils would be invertebrates and, after learning more about these life forms, students can choose to take a quiz. The...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: How Did the Universe Begin?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Bite-size introduction to two scientists-Hubble and Lemaitre-who played key roles in formulating the theory of the origin of the universe known as the big bang. Includes an interactive timeline on which you can plot out the approximate...
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American Museum of Natural History: Broad Tailed Swallowtail O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find questions and answers, fast facts, and other bite-size pieces of information to help you understand important characteristics of the Broad-tailed Swallowtail, the national butterfly of Taiwan.
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American Museum of Natural History: California Condor O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to start learning about the California condor. Review some fast facts about condors and answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions to test your understanding.
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University of Oxford (UK)

Oxford University Museum of Natural History: A to Z of Natural History

For Students 1st - 5th
Each drawer has been given a letter, and contains a specimen from one of the Museum's collections beginning with that letter. Can you guess what is in each drawer? Test your natural history knowledge now!
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Web of Life Game

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Fun, interactive game that helps students identify interrelationships in an ecosystem. For six or more players.
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American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Saving Species

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click on the country name to travel to the Bahamas, Madagascar, and Australia to see what scientists are learning about different species, what roles they play in their ecosystems, and how we can best protect them. Click on the starred...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Jurassic Period O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn a few facts about the Jurassic period from this interactive Ology card that also includes questions that can be answered. There is some information about Pangaea and dinosaurs.
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American Museum of Natural History: Invasive Species O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Uncover facts about invasive species by turning over this interactive OLogy card.
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American Museum of Natural History: Hydrothermal Vents O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Check out this interactive OLogy card to learn about hydrothermal vents, also known as black smokers.
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American Museum of Natural History: Triassic Period O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Review essential information about the Triassic Period on this short, interactive card. Includes facts about Pangaea. Try answering questions when you're finished.
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American Museum of Natural History: Surveying Archaeological Sites O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find fast facts about surveying archaeological sites by flipping over this interactive card. Also, answer quiz questions to test your knowledge about mapping and measuring.
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American Museum of Natural History: Solar System O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here's an Ology Card about the Solar System, offering a small image, a definition, and information on how "far out" our Solar System is. Includes questions to quiz your knowledge and quick facts about the Solar System's size, rotation...
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American Museum of Natural History: Madagascar O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Uncover fascinating facts about the Madagascar by flipping over this interactive OLogy card.
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American Museum of Natural History: Mangroves O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip over this interactive OLogy card to learn about mangrove forests and their importance to coastal ecosystems.
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American Museum of Natural History: Gorgonian Fan Coral O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Uncover fascinating facts about the gorgonian fan coral by flipping over this interactive OLogy card.