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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Meet the Geologist: Ed Mathez

For Students 6th - 8th
This video interview with geologist Ed Mathez provides insights into his research interests, his career preparation, and a range of geology-related topics.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Meet the Paleont O Logist: Mark Norell

For Students 3rd - 8th
Interview with paleontologist Mark Norell provides insights into his research interests, his career preparation, and his ideas about a range of paleontology-related topics.
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American Museum of Natural History

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

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Molecular Biologist: Rob De Salle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Interview with Molecular Biologist Rob DeSalle provides insights into his research interests, his career preparation, and a range of biology-related topics.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Eleanor Sterling, Scientist, O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip the card to learn about the conservationist Eleanor Sterling, who works with people all over the world to conserve the biodiversity of our planet.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Meet the Astronomer: Neil Tyson

For Students 3rd - 8th
Interview with astronomer Neil de Grasse Tyson provides insights into his research interests, his career preparation, and a range of astronomy-related topics.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp

For Students 9th - 10th
This website chronicles the stamp designs of the past. There are images from the Arts, Stamps with a Story, Athletics, American History, The American Scene, American Legends, Love, Flora and Fauna, Norman Rockwell, Science and Technology...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a course on the art history of Asia.
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Other

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science: The Bisti Beast

For Students 9th - 10th
The Bisti Beast's official name is Bistahieversor sealeyi. It is a tyrannosaur dinosaur, related to the Albertosaurus and the Daspletosaurus, and found in New Mexico. These two pages describe the discovery and reconstruction of this...
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Other

Everhart Museum (Natural History, Science, and Art)

For Students 9th - 10th
Located in Scranton, PA. The Everhart Museum has extensive collections with an emphasis on natural history and the visual arts.
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University of California

Ucmp: A History of Evolutionary Thought

For Students 9th - 10th
Museum site note on the history of evolutionary thought and includes scientists and thinkers who have contributed to our understanding of life on Earth. Links are provided for da Vinci, Linneaues, Erasmus Darwin, and others.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What Do You Know? Earth Science

For Students 2nd - 6th
Take a ten question quiz on the Earth's surface.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Scientists With the American Museum of Natural History

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Follow this six-step method and you'll have a good understanding of what a good scientific research paper involves and how it is organized. There are plenty of samples for you to look at. This explanation is also very helpful for...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Five Tools and Processes for Translating the Ngss Into Instruction and Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Five Tools and Processes for Translating the NGSS are designed to help professional development leaders work with teachers on curriculum, instruction, and assessment as they achieve this vision. Click the link for each tool for an...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology: See the Light

For Students 3rd - 8th
Reflection, refraction, and the colors that make up white light is explored through lab activities after reading a brief background about light energy.
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Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum: An Exhibit on Communications

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the development of telecommunications from the earliest times to the most advanced technologies! Useful research tool highlighting the telegraph, telegram, telephone todigital networks and computing in Canada.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Maria Mitchell

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical view of Maria Mitchell who becomes the first woman in the Western Hemisphere to discover a comet.
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents extensive information for learning about and teaching evolution including an in depth course "Evolution 101", teaching materials, and a resource library.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Department of Mineral Sciences Collections

For Students 9th - 10th
A searchable database of minerals and gems. Search by keyword or pre-defined characteristics. A Help section is available as well for aid in searching.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Joseph Priestley

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1983 to commemorate Joseph Priestley, the scientist who discovered oxygen. With a short passage on his contributions to the teaching of history, religion, and science.
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California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Flesh Eating Beetles!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get the gory low-down of flesh-eating beetles and find out how they are put to work in natural history museums.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Neil De Grasse Tyson

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about Neil deGrasse Tyson, discussing his research and work in the field of astrophysics.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Profile: Albert Einstein

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life and work of Albert Einstein, including details from his childhood and what he said about life just before he died.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: The Endeavor Botanical Illustrations

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed collection of plant paintings by Sydney Parkinson, whose work on the HMS Endeavour helped further scientific discovery.