Welcome to OLogy!
The science website
for kids from
the American Museum
of Natural History.

  • Game
    Be a Poison Detective

    Can you solve these three poison mysteries?

    OLogy Pick
  • Video
    Egyptian papyrus painting of the god Anubis and four attendants preparing a mummy.
    Ask a Scientist about Mummies

    Archaelogist David Hurst Thomas answers kids' questions.

    OLogy Pick
  • Reading
    Carly's Adventures in Wasp Land

    In this comic book series, follow an entomologist into the world of parasitic wasps. 

    OLogy Pick
  • Hands-on
    Make Your Own Creatures of Light

    Create land and sea animals that "glow" in the dark!

    OLogy Pick
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Find out how to use OLogy with your students

OLogy iPad App!

A selection of activities available offline!

OLogy Card of the Day

Mike Novacek
Total cards: 379
What are OLogy Cards?

OLogy Card of the Day

Mike Novacek
Total cards: 379
What are OLogy Cards?

Educators, click here!

Find out how to use OLogy with your students

OLogy iPad App!

A selection of activities available offline!

Explore by Activity Type

Games
Reading
Hands-on
Videos

Educators, click here!

Find out how to use OLogy with your students

OLogy iPad App!

A selection of activities available offline!

OLogy Card of the Day

Mike Novacek
Total cards: 379
What are OLogy Cards?

"OLogy" means "the study of" Choose an OLogy!

AnthropOLogy

People and cultures in the past and today

ArchaeOLogy

People and artifacts from ancient time

Astronomy

The Universe and everything in it

Biodiversity

The rich variety of life on Earth 

Brain

The organ inside our skulls

Climate Change

Long-term changes in global temperature

Earth

The dynamic planet that we call home

Genetics

How genes are passed down generations

Marine BiOLogy

Life in the ocean

MicrobiOLogy

Bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms

PaleontOLogy

Dinosaurs and other things that lived long ago

Physics

Light and matter through space and time

Water

The liquid that makes life on Earth possible

ZoOLogy

All animals from insects to mammals

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Reading
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Popular Topics

artifact • bacteria • bird • coral reef • dinosaur • DNA • ecosystem • endangered • extinct • fish • fossil • gravity • greenhouse effect • ice • insect • mammals • Mars • myth • neuron • rock • star • volcano