Essential Info
- Location:1st Floor - Spitzer Hall of Human Origins
- When:Monday - Friday
Morning Lab:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Afternoon Lab:
1:00pm - 2:30pm - Cost:Varies. Please see individual labs.
- Register:Call Central Reservations at (212) 769-5200, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.
- Contact:
Sackler Educational Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Human Origins
Step into the state-of-the-art Sackler Educational Laboratory with your students and begin investigating in-depth life sciences for middle and high school focusing on such topics as the Human Brain,Evolution and Environment, DNA Isolation and Biotechnology all linked to the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins.Space is limited to 30 students for all labs. 8th grade labs (Lab A and Lab B) consist of a 45 minute lab activity and a 45 minute Guided Field Trip Exploration in the Hall of Human Origins. 8th grade labs are designed to support the NYC Scope and Sequence for Science. High school labs (Lab C, Lab D, Lab E, Lab F) are designed to support the Living Environment Regents Standards. For High School groups of more than 30 students, we recommend reserving two 90 minute lab sessions.
Please book your field trip at least 5 weeks in advance. All school groups registered for a lab will receive the Hall of Human Origins Educator''s Guide in their confirmation packet.
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To learn more about public programming in the Lab on weekends, click here.
Lab A: Fossil Skull Evidence for Change Through Time
Grade 8: How do scientists use the fossil record to recreate the past and learn about extinct species? MORE »
Lab B: DNA Extraction from Strawberries
Grade 8 or 9: Understanding heredity through DNA MORE »
Lab C: Evidence for Evolution
Grades 9-12: Students will be able to explain three lines of evidence for biological evolution and change across time. MORE »
Lab D Exploring Human Orgins: Fossil Skulls, Stone Tools, and DNA
Grades 9-12: Students will be able to explain the mechanisms and patterns of evolution MORE »
Lab E Wildlife Forensics: Identifying Endangered Species through Gel Electrophoresis
Grades 9-12: Students will be able to explain how different enzymes cut DNA into different length fragments and how these length differences make up a species unique DNA fingerprint. MORE »
Lab F: Your Evolving Brain
Grades 9-12: Students will investigate what brain structures humans share with other living organisms and what about our brain makes us uniquely human. MORE »
Credits
The Museum is deeply grateful to the Hall's lead benefactors Anne and Bernard Spitzer, whose marvelous generosity inspired and made possible the new Spitzer Hall of Human Origins. The Museum also extends its gratitude to The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc., Katheryn C. Patterson and Thomas L. Kempner, Jr., Arlene and Arnold Goldstein, the Honorable Lucy Wilson Benson, and the Stout Family for their generous support.The Museum greatly acknowledges The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc. for its support to establish the Sackler Brain Bench, part of the Museum's Sackler Educational Laboratory, in the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, offering ongoing programs and resources for adults, teachers, and students to illuminate the extraordinary working of the human brain.
The Sackler Brain Bench, part of the Museum's Sackler Educational Laboratory, in the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, offers ongoing programs and resources for adults, teachers, and students to illuminate the extraordinary workings of the human brain.
DROP-IN EVENTS
