American Museum of Natural History


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In this activity, learners explore the gait of horses by constructing flipbooks with British photographer Eadweard Muybridge's famous photographs.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners compare a life-size drawing of a Tyrannosaurus rex head and a full-size Sinornithosaurus body to understand that dinosaurs varied in size.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners discover how artists start with a skeleton and turn it into a realistic drawing of a dinosaur.

free Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this outdoor archaeology activity, learners use mathematical skills and scientific inquiry to generate and process information from their own excavation site.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners use their imaginations and picture a scene in their heads.

free Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create three-dimensional shapes by making some origami models of simple boxes and containers.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in teams to study the observation skills essential to scientific research.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this nighttime, outdoor activity, learners keep a record of what they see in the sky by drawing constellations, the Moon, and making note of the weather and conditions each day.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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Learners work in teams to investigate how scientists use physical characteristics to classify living things.

free Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this experiment, learners work in teams to investigate how the color of a surface influences its ability to reflect light and therefore heat.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes