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American Museum of Natural History: What Do You Know About the Universe?
Test your knowledge about the Universe with this quiz.
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American Museum of Natural History: Inca Investigation
Be an archaeologist and examine maps and ancient artifacts relating to the Inca empire.
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American Museum of Natural History: Piloting Red Rover
Do you have what it takes to drives a robot on Mars?
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American Museum of Natural History: Imagine Nature: Dickinson: "The Butterfly"
Text of Dickinson's poem about butterflies illustrated with a film clip of a butterfly in close-up detail.
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American Museum of Natural History: What Is a "Species"?
Explanation of different scientific approaches to defining the concept of species, using the red crossbill (a seed-eating finch) as an example. Learn what is meant by the biological species concept and the phylogenetic species concept.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Grow Rock Candy
Learn about the crystal patterns and shapes of select minerals (diamond, quartz, muscovite, and topaz) and how to grow your own rock candy crystals.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Create a Compass
Step-by-step illustrated instructions for building a compass and testing its accuracy.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Dress Up a Horse
For this activity, students dress a horse and rider in gear from six cultures. They then answer questions about their features and about similarities and differences between styles from different cultures. The horse, rider, and gear...
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American Museum of Natural History: Piecing Together the Puzzle of History
A brief introduction for students to the field of archaeology.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Be a Water Saver
A checklist of ways to cut back on your use of water.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Be a Water Saver
A checklist of ways to cut back on your use of water.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: The Tree of Life: True Bacteria
Visit the tree of life and discover characteristics, habitats, and examples of the world's true bacteria.
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American Museum of Natural History: Profile: Dr. Orsola De Marco
A brief biography of a fellow to the museum highlighting her decision to become a physicist.
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American Museum of Natural History: Rising Carbon Dioxide! What Can We Do?
Energy is used everyday coming from burning fossil fuels which releases carbon dioxide into the air. Discover what this has to do with global warming and how we can do our part to slow it down.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Scavenger Hunt
Illustrated instructions for creating a scale model of the solar system.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Bahamas: Creatures of the Reefs
Biologist Paula Mikkelsen, who studies mollusks among the coral reefs in the beautiful waters of the Bahamas, explains her work.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Magnificent Madagascar
Scientist Christopher Raxworthy, who studies the reptiles of Madagascar, explains the nature of his work.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Chasing Spiders Down Under
Naturalist Vladimir Ovtsharenko explains why Australia is home to so many different species of spiders, why spiders are important, and why spiders should be protected.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Saving Species
Learn why fieldwork is an important component of any scientist's career, especially among those who are actively working to preserve the Earth's biodiversity. Three American Museum of Natural History biologists tell you about their...
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Views From Windows
Instructions that take you through an Einstein-like thought experiment by having you imagine and record what you see when stationary and when moving at the speed of light.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: What Makes You You?
Launch an activity that will help you address the nature-versus-nurture debate in terms of your own traits.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Wear a Chimp
Illustrated instructions for a constructing bracelet from a section of the DNA code for a chimp, a sunflower, a grizzly, the human heart, or any one of six other plants or animals.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Be an Energy Saver
Find out what you can do to be an energy saver and help slow global warming.
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American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Feed the Birds
Instructions for building a bird feeder and for keeping a journal of observations about the birds that come to feed.