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

  • Interior view of a donut-shaped room, patterned with orange dots over a purple background. The pattern creates the illusion that the room is turning.
    Optical Illusions and How They Work

    What you see and what you think you see are different things. Find out what your brain doing behind-the-scenes!

    OLogy Pick!
  • Talking to Fireflies

    Have you ever wondered why and how fireflies flash?

    OLogy Pick!
  • Make Your Own Weather Station

    Create weather tools to gather wind, rain, and pressure data in your neighborhood.

    OLogy Pick!
  • Line drawing of a running dinosaur with its skeleton visible.
    Drawing Dinos

    Learn how to look at a bunch of bones and draw what a dinosaur looked like. 

    OLogy Pick!
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Careers in Science

Meet inspiring scientists who turned their childhood curiosity into discovery.

OLogy Card of the Day

asteroids
Total cards: 379
What are OLogy Cards?

OLogy Card of the Day

asteroids
Total cards: 379
What are OLogy Cards?

Educators, click here!

Find out how to use OLogy with your students

Careers in Science

Meet inspiring scientists who turned their childhood curiosity into discovery.

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Videos

Educators, click here!

Find out how to use OLogy with your students

OLogy Card of the Day

asteroids
Total cards: 379
What are OLogy Cards?

Careers in Science

Meet inspiring scientists who turned their childhood curiosity into discovery.

"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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Games
Reading
Hands-on
Videos

OLogy iPad App!

A selection of activities, totally offline, with no ads, and lots to do. Perfect for school or home. And it's free!