Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Museum of Science, Art and Perception
This museum provides numerous online exhibits about everything from the science of sports to the Hubble Telescope. Each exhibit includes learning ideas, fun activities, articles, and learning games.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What's the Big Idea? Paleontology
Snapshot reference on paleontology explains how the fossil record drives this area of science.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Things to Do at Home
Families can come together through games designed to make history something fun and integral to family life. Build a sod house like prairie settlers did in the 1800s. Go back in time to visit five families that lived in the same house...
National Museum of Science and Industry (UK)
National Museum of Science and Industry: Ingenious: Tobacco
Presents a short history of tobacco use and discusses how societal mores and public policy have changed over time based on how people have used tobacco. Includes a collection of images depicting the culture of smoking in different...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Pterosaurs O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about ancient flying reptiles called pterosaurs. See if you can answer a few questions when you're done reading.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Profile: Dr. Charles Liu
A biography of Dr. Charles Liu, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History focused on his drive to become an astrophysicist.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Coelacanth O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the Coelacanth and it contains information about the habitat, evolutionary importance, and other ecological information. See if you can...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Issac Newton O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about Sir Isaac Newton. See if you can answer a few questions when you're done reading.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Field Journal O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about collecting data in a field journal. There's a great example of how a field journal was used to discover an extinct species! See if you can...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Hellbender O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about a salamander called the hellbender and it contains information about the habitat, diet, and other ecological information. See if you can...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Humpback Whale O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the Humpback Whale and it contains information about the habitat, diet, and other ecological information. See if you can answer a few...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Kagu O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one about the Australian kagu contains information about habitat, diet, and other ecological information. See if you can answer a few questions when...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Solar Power O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This card contains essential facts about solar power.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Sea Snow O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about sea snow and it contains information about what it is and where it is found.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ruffed Lemur O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the ruffed lemur and it contains information about the habitat, diet, and other ecological information. Make sure to read about the release...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Sumatran Tiger O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the Sumatran tiger and it contains information about the habitat, diet, and other ecological information.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Striped Bass O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the striped bass and it contains information about the habitat, diet, and other ecological information.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Water Power O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This card is about power generated in hydroelectric plants from water. See if you can answer a few questions about water power when you're done reading.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: St. Catherines Island O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about St. Catherines Island. See if you can answer a few questions when you're done reading.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: American Museum of Natural History Resources for Learning
This site presents a collection of scientific learning resources for educators, parents, kids, after-school coordinators, informal learning center staff, and anyone else interested in teaching or learning about science. The site provides...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Department of Mineral Sciences Collections
Search the database of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History for gems & minerals, meteorites with images, or petrology & volcanology.
National Museum of Science and Industry (UK)
National Museum of Science and Industry: Ingenious: Drugs
Presents a short history of illegal drugs and discusses how societal mores and public policy have changed over time based on how people have used or abused addictive drugs.
Other
Magic Lantern Castle Museum
"Home of the only museum in the world dedicated solely to the history of the Magic Lantern." See the history and images of the magic lantern projector. A great historical site!
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What's the Big Idea? Genetics
Find an overview of genetics--the science of genes--in a click-through series of short perspectives on the topic.