The American Museum of Natural History Web Quest

Explore one of the sections of the museum below.  Complete the assigned tasks.  When you are finished, you may use your information to create your advertising flyer.

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Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins

1. Click above to visit this section of the museum. 
   
2. As you explore this section, write down 10 interesting facts that you have learned.
3. Play Tools of the Trade to learn what it took for archaeologists to locate a lost mission on a 14,000-acre island near Georgia.
4. Complete the Compare Skeletons worksheet.
5. Complete the Compare Primates worksheet.
6. Create your flyer using no more than 3 pictures and at least 10 facts about the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins.

Additional educational resources:

• Educator's Guide
  
• Resources

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Dioramas

1. Click above to visit this section of the museum. 
   
2. As you explore this section, write down 5 interesting facts that you have learned.
3. Visit one of the Virtual Tours.  Write down 5 interesting facts that you have learned.
4. Watch one of the Videos.  Write down 5 interesting facts that you have learned.
5. Create your flyer using no more than 3 pictures and at least 10 facts about the Dioramas.

Additional educational resources:

• Discover Biodiversity Worksheet
• Discover Dioramas
• Make Your Own Liaoning Diorama
• Online Field Journal

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Fossil Halls

1. Click above to visit this section of the museum. 
   
2. Visit the Vertebrate Evolution section.  Choose one characteristic from the chart and explain its significance.
3. Visit the Exhibit Specimens section.  Choose one animal and write 5 interesting facts that you have learned.
4. Visit the Timelines section.  Choose one period of time and write 3 interesting facts that you have learned.
5. Visit the Virtual Tours and Curator Videos to learn about one area of the Fossil Halls (Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs, Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs, Hall of Primitive Mammals, or Hall of Advanced Mammals).  Write 5 interesting facts that you have learned.
6. Create your flyer using no more than 3 pictures and at least 10 facts about the Fossil Halls.

Additional educational resources:

• Educator's Guide
  

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Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites

1. Click above to visit this section of the museum. 
   
2. Visit the What is a Meteorite? section.  Write 4 interesting facts that you have learned.
3. Visit the Origins of the Solar System section.  Write 4 interesting facts that you have learned.
4. Visit the Building Planets section.  Write 4 interesting facts that you have learned.
5. Visit the Meteorite Impacts section.  Write 4 interesting facts that you have learned.
6. Create your flyer using no more than 3 pictures and at least 10 facts about the Arthur Ross Hall of Meterorites.

Additional educational resources:

• Educator's Guide
  

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Milstein Hall of Ocean Life

1. Click above to visit this section of the museum.
2. Visit the Dioramas section.  Choose one diorama and write 5 interesting facts that you have learned.
3. Visit the Ecosystems section.  Choose one ecosystem and write 5 interesting facts that you have learned.
4. Visit the Ocean Life section.  Choose one topic and write 5 interesting facts that you have learned.
5. Create your flyer using no more than 3 pictures and at least 10 facts about the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life.

Additional educational resources:

• Online Educator's Guide
• Web Sites and Worksheets
  

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Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth

1. Click above to visit this section of the museum.
2. Visit the How Has Earth Evolved? section.  Write 3 interesting facts that you have learned.
3. Visit the Why are There Ocean Basins, Continents, and Mountains? section.  Write 3 interesting facts that you have learned.
4. Visit the How do We Read the Rocks? section.  Write 3 interesting facts that you have learned.
5. Visit the What Causes Climate and Climate Change? section.  Write 3 interesting facts that you have learned.
6. Visit the Why is Earth Habitable? section.  Write 3 interesting facts that you have learned.
7. Create your flyer using no more than 3 pictures and at least 10 facts about the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth.

Additional educational resources:

• Educator's Guide
• Map Worksheet