Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Museum of Birds

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of Museum of Birds by Lida Brooks Miller, a nonfiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Little Museum Keepers by Eliza Meteyard

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Little Museum Keepers by Eliza Meteyard [1870]. This children's novel is from Chambers's Library for Young People.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Pictorial Museum of Sport and Adventure by F. Warne and Co.

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Pictorial Museum of Sport and Adventure by Fredrick Warne and Co., a record of deeds and daring escapes, accounts of various countries and their inhabitants, "the...
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Other

24 Hour Museum: Uk's National Virtual Museum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The 24 Hour Museum collects in one place museum exhibit sites and news from over 3700 museums, galleries and heritage sites in the UK. Whether you are interested in history, science, literature or culture, you'll be able to find...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Remember Me? Displaced Children of the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
The Remember Me project seeks to document the wartime experiences of children who were separated from their families or orphaned at the end of World War II by identifying now-adult survivors from photographs taken by relief workers after...
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Other

International Committee for Egyptology: The Global Egyptian Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The Global Egyptian Museum is an ambitious, long-term project that intends to eventually gather digitized versions of artifacts from Egyptian history that are housed in museums around the world. This amounts to 850 collections and 69...
Primary
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Voices From the Lodz Ghetto

For Students 9th - 10th
The dire conditions children lived in during the German invasion of Poland are hard to imagine. These primary sources try to bring to life what they went through living in a Polish ghetto so we can understand the unimaginable. Sources...
Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Physical Science

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This guide focuses on four physical science topics that fascinate children and scientists alike. They are motion, magnets, sound, and light. With your guidance and support, these topics provide children with many opportunities to explore...
Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: My Body My Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide introduces children to the human body and the five senses and covers the major body parts and what they do. Children also will use their five senses to learn about the world.
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Other

Arkansas Arts Center Museum of Art, Children Theater

For Students 9th - 10th
The Arkansas Arts Center Museum of Art collection is noted for drawings from the Renaissance to the present and craft objects including teapots, baskets, and toys designed by artists. Thumbnails that include detailed information on the...
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Teaching Math & Science in Age of Sputnik

For Students 9th - 10th
Why did the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik throw the fields of mathematics and science into tremendous demand in the United States? Find the many ways this revolutionary event impacted children from the 1950s to become the...
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Other

Mint Museums: Hands on Crafts

For Students 3rd - 8th
Interactive resource about pottery, weaving, quilting, and basketry. Includes informative texts, videos of children dicussing and/or performing their craft, ability to "make" crafts online, and information about places to go to make...
Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Plant Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide focuses on the fascinating world of plants. Through books and other print materials, and exploration of actual plants, children will identify plants as living things, examine the parts of plants, experiment with what...
Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Our Natural World

For Teachers K - 1st
The focus of this guide is the natural world around us and its aim is to foster children's understanding and appreciation of the environment right outside their doors.
Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Investigating Water

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This guide engages children in the process of scientific inquiry using the context of a favorite early childhood pastime-water play.
Handout
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Animals 2: Insects and Spiders

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide focuses on the smaller animals that inhabit our world: insects and spiders. These fascinating creatures provide young children many hands-on opportunities to learn about the diversity of living things, how living...
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Other

Museum of Jewish Heritage: Coming of Age During the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Classroom-ready curriculum about the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of children and teens who lived through it. With powerful video testimonies from survivors, first-person narratives, personal photos, and timelines as well as varied...
Handout
Gabriel Dumont Institute

Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Metis Socialization & Entertainment

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metis liked to enjoy themselves. Traditional forms of Metis entertainment and socialization, among both children and adults, are outlined in this article. Teaching activities, discussion questions and a bibliography can be found at...
Graphic
Curated OER

A View on Cities: Chicago: Fountain at Children's Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Fountain at Children's Museum (Chicago)
Graphic
Children's Museum

Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Geologic Timeline

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here is an excellent example of a picture timeline. Follow the Eras of the Earth from Cenozoic all the way down to Precambrian with the use of fossils.
eBook
University of Wisconsin

Madison Children's Museum: Field Guide to Hmong Culture [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This ethnographic guide covers almost every aspect of Hmong culture- history, daily life, traditional crafts and art, language, games, and religion. Each section wraps with "questions for study." The Hmong are a people indigenous to...
Activity
Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Great Explorations Oceans

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use this guide and your imagination to do these fun projects at home and take a trip under the sea.
Activity
Other

Port Discovery Children's Museum: Stem at Home: Bug Bingo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Did you know that there are more than 1.5 million species of named bugs? You can find so many bugs right in your own back or front yard and you can have some fun of your own playing the two Bug Bingo games.
Activity
Other

Port Discovery Children's Museum: How to Diy: Rocket Building at Home!

For Students 3rd - 5th
Instructions for building a rocket at home using basic materials then try a fun experiment to watch your rocket blast off.