American Museum of Natural History

Draw Your Nervous System
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In this activity, learners work together to create a life-sized drawing of the human nervous system.

Read With Your Fingers
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In this activity, learners work in partners to create and exchange messages written in Braille. Learners use a Braille key and thumbtacks to write their messages in Braille.

Wear a Chimp on Your Wrist
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Learners construct a bracelet containing two strands of beads, which represents a double strand of DNA that codes for a gene. They match beads to the bases in a section of a chimp's DNA code.

How Greenhouse Gases Absorb Heat
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Learners observe two model atmospheres -- one with normal atmospheric composition and another with an elevated concentration of carbon dioxide.
Simple Submarine
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Using simple, inexpensive items, learners build and test submarine models.

Making Mosaics
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In this archaeology meets art activity, learners make a mosaic and consider the ways in which art communicates.

Mammal Flipbooks
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In this activity, learners explore mammal locomotion by constructing flipbooks.

Making Map Projections
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In this activity about cartography, learners work in teams to create two different map projections: a planar (or polar) and a cylindrical (or Mercator) projection.

What's the Angle?
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This activity helps learners understand how the angle of the Sun affects temperatures around the globe.

Mapping the Classroom
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In this activity, learners discover the importance of maps and scale as they work together to create a map of the classroom.