Read Works
Read Works: The Ancient City of Petra: A Nomadic Beginning
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks reading from the American Museum of Natural Anthropology's website called OLogy provides a brief history of the city of Petra and its connection to Arabian nomads. A paired passage, a...
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History Museum: Mineral Matters: Hardness
Identifying a mineral by hardness? This website explains how to use the Mohs' hardness scale and provides examples.
Penn Museum
Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World Men's Life: History of Warfare
This resource summarizes the history and nature of ancient Greek warfare and the role it played in the average man's life. It includes further links about chariots, weapons, and armor.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Antilocapra Americana Sonoriensis
This site provides a detailed overview of the Sonoran pronghorn. Content includes information on this animal's geographic range, physical characteristics, natural history, economic importance for humans, and current conservation efforts.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Leptoptilos Crumeniferus
A detailed overview of the Marabou stork. Content focuses on this bird's geographic range, physical characteristics, natural history, economic importance for humans, and current conservation efforts.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum Society: Arthropods
A description of what arthropods actually are and a discussion of their origin, as well as some info on research.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Special Topics in Art History: Seeing America
A course on looking at American history through art. Should be cross-checked against smarthistory.org.
Read Works
Read Works: Looking for a Bear
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a brother and sister's trip to the museum. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Virtual Exploration Society: Roy Chapman Andrews
Read about a real life Indiana Jones. Roy Andrews was a paleontologist who discovered fossils from the Cretaceous period in the middle of the Gobi Desert.
Read Works
Read Works: Einstein in Time
[Free Registration/Login Required] This four-page PDF nonfiction passage entitled "Einstein in Time" features a timeline of Einstein's life. It is part of Paired Texts: "Everyday Einstein - Lasers" and "It's All Relative" (See link above...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Charles Willson Peale
From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a self-portrait and biography for Charles Willson Peale, monumental portrait painter of George Washington and the man responsible for opening America?s first...
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University of Texas at Austin
Texas Memorial Museum: Hall of Geology and Paleontology Educator Guide [Pdf]
An educator guide to visiting the Texas Memorial Museum. Guide includes pre-visit activities, activities during your visit, post-visit activities, words to know, and websites for educators and students.
University of Texas at Austin
Texas Memorial Museum: Hall of Geology and Paleontology Educator Guide [Pdf]
An educator guide to visiting the Texas Memorial Museum. Guide includes pre-visit activities, activities during your visit, post-visit activities, words to know, and websites for educators and students.
Museums Victoria
Museum Victoria
Museum Victoria is Australia's largest public museum organization and is responsible for the care of the state's collections and conducting research.
Other
South Australian Museum
The main page of the South Australian Museum describes the major exhibit currently on display. Links are provided to explore more of the museum.
University of California
Ucmp: Life H Istory and Ecology of Arthropoda
A paragraph on information on Arthropods and links to more information on arthropods. Includes a blown up picture of a fly.
Boston College
Digital Archive of Architecture: High Victorian Gothic
Select from slides to enlarge, with description limited to names of architects and locations.
University of California
Ucmp: Aves Life History and Ecolog
University of California Berkeley offers a good discussion of the natural role that birds play and the importance of this role to man.
Other
The Royal Tyrrell Muesum
This site includes exhibits of the museum, school programs, public programs, research and resources, etc.
Other
Amon Carter Museum: Encountering Texas (1846 1856)
Three early American artists captured the landscape of the unknown frontier which slowly became the state of Texas.
Smithsonian Institution
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: The Hope Diamond
Detailed description and history of the Hope Diamond, a large deep-blue diamond housed in the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
Other
Prehistoric Planet: Interview With Dr. Mary R. Dawson
Dr. Mary R. Dawson works as a curator in the vertebrate paleontology department at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Here she talks about her career and research she has done.
University of Florida
Flmnh: Crocodiles
The Florida Museum of Natural History provides photographs of alligators, caimans, crocodiles and charials can be used for reports and presentations as well as wildlife/reptile lesson plans.
Burke Museum
Burke Museum: Tsunamis
The information on tsunamis provided at this site is part of the Burke Museum's online exhibition on earthquakes and geology. Prevention is discussed, along with famous tsunamis in history.