Have you taken our planetary field trip, in celebration of Earth Day 2020? Watch the video and then test your knowledge.
Take a peek at our planet's layers, learn what secrets rocks reveal, and gain a long view of history.
Test your knowledge about our planet Earth with this quiz.
Send a note to a friend with these earthy letterheads.
Make a model of Earth's layers that's good enough to eat!
Explore the layers of our planet: the crust, mantle, and core.
Test your knowledge about the major groups of life on Earth.
What faraway places might humans travel to someday, and how will we get there?
Build your own miniature greenhouse to see the greenhouse effect at work.
Find out why a ball thrown in the air will return to the ground.
Meet six rocks that travelled to the Museum from places like Mexico, Scotland, and even outer space.
Find out how he became a geologist and what you can learn from studying rocks.
Do you dig the Earth? If so, you'll want to meet Ed.
Astronomy is a BIG subject. We've brought learning about it down to size with these big ideas.
Find out about Earth's climate, its consequences, and what we can do.
Take a closer look at how the atmosphere keeps our planet warm.
Take this quiz to find out if you're up for the challenge!
How do simple storms turn into swirling hurricanes?
All aboard! Hop on a submersible and explore an amazing diversity of life at the ocean floor.
Earthquakes are happening all the time. Find out what makes the earth shake.
Find out how five different environments produce Earth's amazing minerals!
Find out more about global warming. How, and why, we should slow it?
See if you can find north by making your own compass.
Volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes... Examine how plate tectonics affect our world!
A paleontologist travels to Antarctica to collect fossil evidence.
Find out what we know about Mars in this online tour of Earth's closest neighbor.
Size up the planets with a model scavenger hunt.
Water is a precious resource, and all things need water to survive.
Tour this spinning pinwheel in space that we call home.
Museum scientists answer kids' questions!
Find out how biodiversity depends on you.
Create weather tools to gather wind, rain, and pressure data in your neighborhood.
Find out what makes the Sun glow, and other amazing facts, in an up-close interview with the Sun.
Think you're an expert on changing climate? Test your knowledge with this quiz!
Learn about fossils, extremely rare—and valuable—records of the past.
Go on a virtual journey from Earth, to the International Space Station, to the Moon and beyond. Then test your knowledge!
Examine fossils and gather clues from experts!
What's threatening planet Earth and how can we protect it? Find out more in these videos of kids at the Museum.
Microbiologist Susan Perkins answers kids’ questions about microbes.
Visit a scientist's lab to see how he creates a magma chamber!
Do you have what it takes to drive a robot on Mars?
See the moon in action! And discover why our view of it changes nightly.
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Discover how species have evolved to survive in some of the most extreme environments on Earth.
Do fresh water and salt water mix? Find out in this experiment.
Test your knowledge about the water you didn’t know you were using.
Test your knowledge about our watery world with this quiz.
Mundo Shamundo! Can you help Mandy study for her geology test?
Every rock has a story to tell. Learn how to create a collection that rocks!
Check out this quick guide to reading the periodic table of elements.
Take a look at some unusual living and extinct mammals.
Did you know that biodiversity provides us with things that we need?
Take a peek into a mineralogist's scrapbook to see why he thinks jade is so special.
How is the ocean like a layer cake? What creatures live there? And how important is the ocean? Take a dive and find out!
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