Grades 9-12
curriculum materials
Field Trip to the Moon Companion Guide (for classroom and general use)
Buckle up your virtual seatbelts for a trip to the Moon! This guide provides the key educational concepts of this show. After you "land on the Moon," use the suggested activities to continue your lunar exploration.
curriculum materials
Field Trip to the Moon Companion Guide (for visitors to the American Museum of Natural History)
Buckle up your virtual seatbelts! This guide provides the key educational concepts of the dome show at the Museum's Hayden Planetarium. After you "land on the Moon," use the suggested tours to continue your lunar exploration throughout the Museum.
curriculum materials
Field Trip to the Moon Educator's Guide
Take your students on a comprehensive tour of the moon to help them discover careers in science and education with this DVD and its classroom investigations.
Book List
Einstein Books for Adults
Considered the world's most intriguing genius, Einstein has inspired hundreds of writings. Here's a short list of some of the most enlightening looks at his life and ideas, including some he penned.
Article
Animal Keeper (Science World)
Live animals add an element of surprise to Museum displays. But they need more than a cute face or bright colors to earn a spot in an exhibition hall. Find out what it takes.
curriculum materials
Field Trip to the Moon Informal Educator's Guide
After a trip the immersive Hayden Planetarium, continue the lunar exploration with these interactive workshop activities that investigate the Moon’s habitability and sustainable resources.
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Field Trip to the Moon Live Presenter Script
Orbit the Earth and get an astronaut's view of a sunrise in space with this word-by-word script for the Field Trip to the Moon program at the Hayden Planetarium.
Activity
Field Trip to the Moon Student Worksheet (for visitors to the American Museum of Natural History)
After viewing the Field Trip to the Moon dome show, continue your lunar journey by investigating its surface and formation around the Museum.
Article
Butterfly Buffet: The Feeding Preferences of Painted Ladies
Can you imagine a world without butterflies? Although butterflies are insects, most people think they are beautiful, peaceful creatures and enjoy them as part of nature. They are also helpful as pollinators for plants and trees. But currently, seventeen species of butterflies are endangered, two are threatened and three are extinct.
Article
Effect of Neustonic Microplastic Debris on the Pelagic Insect, Halobates sericeus
Welcome to our plastic world. From cups to bags, bottles to CDs, clips to pipes, a nifty collection of polymers is here and thriving. Annually, the world utilizes 245 million tons of plastic, most of which is polypropylene (Andrady and Neal 2009). Plastic has many advantages: it is lightweight, has a high strength to weight ratio and is easy to mass produce (Andrady and Neal 2009, Thompson et al. 2009). But, unfortunately, it is also persistent, long-lasting and slow to degrade, especially in the marine environment.
