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

  • Reading + Game
    image of bull shark on top of a collage of other sharks
    All About Sharks

    Sharks have been around for 450 million years. Find out about their unique features and way of life!

    OLogy Pick
  • Game
    Cosmic Connections

    Match these awesome images from the Hubble Space Telescope with their descriptions.

    OLogy Pick
  • Video
    Meet the OLogist: Lisa Cooper

    Find out how Lisa’s work impacts the health of communities.

    OLogy Pick
  • Hands-on
    Outlines of various mammals, including a gazelle, along with a photo of a flip book with a gazelle on it.
    Mammal Flip Books

    How do mammals move? Make flipbooks to see six different mammals in action.

    OLogy Pick
Stop slider

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

Ukhaa Tolgod
Total cards: 379
What are OLogy Cards?

OLogy Card of the Day

Ukhaa Tolgod
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

Ukhaa Tolgod
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

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