Animal Keeper (SuperScience)
From blue butterflies and red frogs to a green iguana nicknamed "Iggy," meet the live animals in the Museum's exhibitions and the people who take care of them.
Animal Keeper (SuperScience)
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More About This Resource...
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This online article is from Science Explorations, a collaboration between AMNH and Scholastic designed to promote science literacy. Written for students in grades 3-6, this article from SuperScience magazine has the following content:
- An introduction to Hazel Davies, who manages the animals that star in exhibitions at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
- A look at how animals are selected for Museum exhibitions and the ongoing care they require.
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Teacher Tip
Supplement a study of biology with an activity drawn from this online Science Explorations article.
- Ask students if they can think of any live animals that are on display at the AMNH.
- Send students to this online article, or print copies of it for them to read.
- Have them write a one-page reaction to the article, focusing on what they learned about how live animals are selected and cared for in Museum exhibitions.
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Topic
Biology -
Subtopic
people
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