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

  • Game
    Sounds of the Silk Road

    Play music that you may have heard along the Silk Road.

    OLogy Pick
  • Video
    Meet the OLogist: John Flynn

    Find out how paleontologist John Flynn answered kids' questions.

    OLogy Pick
  • Reading
    All About Horses

    Explore amazing facts about some of the 200 breeds of horses living today.

    OLogy Pick
  • Reading
    What's This? Gold

    What golden award is this? Take a guess!

    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

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Total cards: 377
What are OLogy Cards?

OLogy Card of the Day

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Total cards: 377
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

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Total cards: 377
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

Explore by Activity Type

Games
Reading
Hands-on
Videos

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