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American Museum of Natural History: Fossil Fuels O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Check out this Ology card and activity identifying fossil fuels.
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American Museum of Natural History: Conservation Biologist Eleanor Sterling

For Students 3rd - 8th
Interview with conservationist Eleanor Sterling provides insights into her research interests, her career preparation, and advice for kids interested in doing field investigations in biology.
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American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Astronomy: Are You Cut Out for Mars?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Do you have what it takes to go on a space mission to the Red Planet? Think you can handle it? Take this quiz to find out!
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What's the Big Idea? Marine Biology

For Students 3rd - 5th
An introduction to key concepts about the ocean, its ecosystems, and zones. With interactive flash cards that open in new windows to help you learn more.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Bio Benefits

For Students 3rd - 8th
What does it take to keep our planet livable? What are the things we need to sustain life? The Bio-Benefits site answers these questions and others pertaining to basic life needs. Click on the hyperlinked words to see interactive...
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American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Kinds of Biodiversity

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explains what biodiversity is, why it is important, threats it faces, and what people can do to help it survive.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Density of Salty Water

For Students 3rd - 5th
An experiment to test what happens when ocean water hits a freshwater estuary. Each step is demonstrated with photographs and the difference between salinity and density is explained.
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American Museum of Natural History: Jade O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Investigate some facts about jade by reading this interactive Ology card then answering some questions.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Life in the City

For Students 3rd - 8th
Biodiversity can be found in many places, including city parks. At this OLogy learning game site, players use a magnifying glass to find organisms that live there and also learn something about how each organism relates to others nearby.
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American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Moving Mammals

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students explore the different ways mammals move by observing them walk, hop, gallop, swim and swing in animations. Facts about habitat and structure are also included in these animations.
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American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Cosmic Cookies

For Students 3rd - 5th
Roll your mouse over the planets in our solar system to read a vignette about each. Then, link to the recipe for directions to create miniature planet cookies that look like the real thing.
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American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Milky Way Galaxy

For Students 3rd - 8th
How big is a billion? Find out some interesting facts about our galaxy, the Milky Way, and its billion stars.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Light, Matter, Energy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how Einstein revolutionized how we think about light, matter, and energy by asking challenging questions and questioning old ideas.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Human Genome Project

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get the science scoop on the Human Genome Project by considering the answers to these three questions: What is a genome? What is the Human Genome Project? What does it mean to me?
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Dna in a Blender

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow these illustrated instructions to conduct a simple experiment in separating DNA from an onion!
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American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Life in the City

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explore a city park to learn what tiny species live there.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Make a Weather Station

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make a wind vane, rain gauge, and barometer and learn how to measure wind direction, rainfall, and air pressure.
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American Museum of Natural History: Paula Mikkelsen O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to learn about zoology careers from zoologist Paula Mikkelsen.
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American Museum of Natural History: Pangaea O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the supercontinent known as Pangaea that broke apart into the continents that we know today. Answer questions when you finish reading.
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American Museum of Natural History: Venus O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about the planet Venus. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about Venus.
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American Museum of Natural History: Pelecanimimus Polyodon O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about Pelecanimimus polyodon. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this theropod dinosaur.
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American Museum of Natural History: Gastonia Burgei O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about the Gastonia Burgei, an armored dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this primitive dinosaur.
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American Museum of Natural History: Craters O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about craters. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts.
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American Museum of Natural History: Drinker Nisti O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about Drinker Nisti, an ornithopod from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous period. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this dinosaur.