Mammals are everywhere, from extreme environments like the frigid Arctic ice to the hottest desert. Extreme Mammals explores the surprising and sometimes bizarre world of extinct and living mammals, featuring spectacular fossils from the Museum's collections. Come and meet your relatives!

Educators Guide and Materials

More Resources For Educators

Use these free online resources before or after your visit to further explore themes presented in the Extreme Mammals exhibition.

From the American Museum of Natural History

• Virtual Tours of the American Museum of Natural History
  http://www.amnh.org/plan-your-visit/popular-tours 
  The Museum's virtual tours include The Hall of Primitive Mammals and the Paul and Irma Milstein Hall of Advanced Mammals in the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives.
• Zoology OLogy
  http://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/zoology 
  This site lets younger students explore big ideas about mammals and other animals though games, puzzles, and interactives. They can examine how six cool mammals move, explore the Extreme Mammals photo gallery, play a mammal teeth matching game, and make a moving-mammal flip book.
• Science Bulletins
  amnh.org/sciencebulletins
  Videos, interactives and essays introduce middle- and high-school students to biologists and conservationists who research mammals and their habitats. Learn about the reintroduction of Mongolia's takhi to its homeland (The Last Wild Horse); the challenge of returning Thailand's captive elephants to the forest (Wild at Heart); the first clone of a threatened species (Cloning and Conservation); and other topics.

Additional Web Links

• Scholastic Science Explorations, Talking Science: Extreme Mammals
  www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=624
  In a series of short videos, Extreme Mammals curator John Flynn talks about extreme mammals, his work as a paleontologist, and what inspired him to become a scientist.
• The Life of Mammals
  bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/
  This website supporting David Attenborough's ten-part television series features games, videos, articles, quizzes and many other mammal-related resources.
• Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History
  mnh.si.edu/mammals/
  Supporting the Smithsonian's Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals, this site's digital resources including a quiz about the characteristics of mammals, a timeline showing how mammals evolved, and an interactive world map showing where mammals live.
• YahooKids—What is a mammal
  kids.yahoo.com/directory/Science-and-Nature/Living-Things/Animals/Mammals
  This catalogue of over 100 mammals provides a description and statistics for a host of mammals including the star-nosed mole and the red-necked wallaby.
• KidsBiology.com—Animal Database
  kidsbiology.com/animals-for-children.php
  This database includes information on hundreds of mammals for kids to explore.
• Shepherd Software—Mammals
  sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/profile_mammals.htm
  Kid-friendly pictures and descriptions describe thirteen mammal groups. The site also offers a mammal quiz.
• National Geographic Video—Mammals
  video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/
  This site offers a wealth of mammal video clips from the National Geographic archives.
• How Stuff Works—About Mammals
  animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals
  An expansive library of mammal-related articles and videos.
• Page Museum: La Brea Tar Pits
  tarpits.org/
  Visit the website of the La Brea Tar Pits, one of the world's most famous fossil localities, recognized for having the largest and most diverse assemblage of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the world.