Drop-In Events for School Groups
Earth Day
April 25, 2013
In celebration of Earth Day, this special event engages students in exploring the Museum’s outstanding collection of geological specimens from around the world. Activities will help students discover how our planet works, peer into its depths, and understand the scientific methods used to study it. Activities help students explore hydrothermal vents, volcanism, plate tectonics and much more.
Earth Day; Thursday, April 25, 2013; 10:00am-12:00pm; Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth
The School Group Visits Program at
the American Museum of Natural History is generously supported by
the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Endowment Fund for Education. Additional support for this program is provided by
The Leslie and Daniel Ziff Foundation and Wells Fargo.
Support for New Jersey School Group Visits is provided by Roche.
Additional support for New York City School Group Visits is provided by the New York Yankees Foundation.
More in this Series:
National Museum Day
May 15, 2013
Students will get a sampling of the best that the Museum have to offer in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Paleontology, Astrophysics, Global Studies and the Living Environment.
World Oceans Day
June 14, 2013
Students will explore the amazing diversity of life and wide range of habitats that are found in the planet’s Oceans.