Find out how scientists are using genetics to change the food you eat.
Discover how these deep sea creatures create their own light!
Explore the third dimension by building an origami waterbomb!
Solve this cartoon mystery to see how archaeologists found a lost Spanish mission.
Take your imagination on a wonderful, mind-bending trip with these "thought experiments"!
It's not easy being an artifact! Uncover why in this urn-est interview.
Take a personal look at how the height and velocity of your vantage point can affect the view.
Make a bracelet that matches a section of DNA code from your favorite plant or animal.
In this group game, discover how all the players in an ecosystem depend on each other to survive.
How much do you really know about our place in space? Take this quiz to find out!
How much do you know about the Age of Dinosaurs?
Test your knowledge about the water you didn’t know you were using.
Test your knowledge in this quiz about what it takes to dig up the past!
Test your knowledge about the variety of life on Earth with this quiz.
Test your knowledge about our planet Earth with this quiz.
How much do you know about what makes you you?
Test your knowledge about our watery world with this quiz.
Zoom inside your cells for a fascinating look at chromosomes, DNA, genes, and more!
Water is a precious resource, and all things need water to survive.
See how artifacts and ruins give us glimpses of what life was like long ago.
Astronomy is a BIG subject. We've brought learning about it down to size with these big ideas.
Take a peek at our planet's layers, learn what secrets rocks reveal, and gain a long view of history.
Take a look at the science of where it ALL begins.
How is the ocean like a layer cake? What creatures live there? And how important is the ocean? Take a dive and find out!
Learn about fossils, extremely rare—and valuable—records of the past.
What golden award is this? Take a guess!
What animal bones did early humans used to build huts? Take a guess!
What animal does this long, spiraled tooth belong to? Take a guess!
Is this animal a rodent, a primate, or a raccoon's relative? Take a guess!
See how many different plants and animals you can find in this virtual mangrove swamp.
Decorate your desktop with these starry images!
How do mammals move? Make flipbooks to see six different mammals in action.
Test your equine knowledge in this quiz
Find out more about global warming. How, and why, we should slow it?
Take a closer look at how the atmosphere keeps our planet warm.
Explore the connections between technology, population and rising atmospheric CO2.
Explore how mammals run, fly, swim, walk, hop, and swing!
Find out how paleontologist John Flynn answered kids' questions.
Watch these videos to explore Felicity's work as a conservation biologist.
Test your starry knowledge in this stellar quiz!
Check out these fascinating fish from Africa's lower Congo River.
In the Milky Way Galaxy alone, there are hundreds of billions of stars. But that hasn't always been the case...
A paleontologist travels to Antarctica to collect fossil evidence.
Tracking a gorilla can get hairy. Literally. Just ask George Amato.
Ross MacPhee has always loved dirt. To him it means the opportunity to find lost things — from bones and teeth to pirate treasure.
Play music that you may have heard along the Silk Road.
Take a look at some stories that were told along the Silk Road.
See how you can make your own paper from old scrap paper and other materials.
What does it mean to be human?
Take this quiz to find out if you're up for the challenge!
See how good you're at recognizing emotions.
How fast can you catch a falling ruler? Measure your reaction time.
Take the jellybean test to see how your sense of smell enhances taste.
Use Braille to create a message for a friend.
Explore your nerves by creating a life-sized drawing.
Try this trippy experiment to fool your brain!
Find out about Taiwan's fascinating fluttering insects.
Scientist Rob DeSalle answers kids' questions about the brain!
Examine fossils and gather clues from experts!
Have fun with these paper cutouts of riders and horse gear from cultures around the world.
Send a note to a friend with these horsey letterheads.
Build your own miniature greenhouse to see the greenhouse effect at work.
Find out what you can do to save energy and slow climate change!
Think you're an expert on changing climate? Test your knowledge with this quiz!
Explore amazing facts about some of the 200 breeds of horses living today.
How do horses move? Find out with these flipbooks.
Find out what we know about Mars in this online tour of Earth's closest neighbor.
Solve genetic riddles as you wind your way through the star-studded park.
Investigate the how and why of cloning.
Solve these story puzzles to find out more about how life in the Arctic is affected by climate change.
From Madagascar to Indonesia, travel around the world with Museum scientists.
Do you have what it takes to go on a space mission to Mars?
What faraway places might humans travel to someday, and how will we get there?
Make a carbon mobile with scissors, wire, pipe cleaners, and clay.
Simple things that you can do to help protect fresh water and the living things that depend on it.
Find out what you can do to protect the oceans and ocean life.
Meet some of the more unusual members of T. rex and Velociraptor's family tree.
Did you know that biodiversity provides us with things that we need?
Match up these eight dinosaur fossil photos with their descriptions.
Bury chicken bones in plaster of Paris to see the challenges paleontologists face when excavating fossils.
Match these awesome images from the Hubble Space Telescope with their descriptions.
Celebrate your cosmic smarts with a solar system of cookies.
Create a flounder fish that's hard to spot!
See if you can find north by making your own compass.
Make a 3D diorama! All you need are pasta, Play-Doh, pipe cleaners, pom-poms, and hair curlers.
What would the objects say about you and the time you live in?
Find out what lives in the deep sea, coral reef, and continental shelf.
Join scientist George Amato on his quest to stop criminals smuggling illegal goods.
Here's a very cool experiment that just might bring a tear to your eye. Use a blender to separate the DNA from an onion.
Find out what makes you different from a snail, a tree, or even your best friend!
Learn how to create a scientific illustration of a monarch butterfly in a few easy steps!
To see what the Big Dipper would look like from outer space, build a mobile!
Send a note to a friend with these colorful letterheads.
Send a note to a friend with these earthy letterheads.
Send a note to a friend with these watery letterheads.
Send a note to a friend with these mythical letterheads.
Create weather tools to gather wind, rain, and pressure data in your neighborhood.
Investigate an "artifact" and record your observations in a field journal!
Visit a scientist's lab to see how he creates a magma chamber!
Follow these easy steps to create a floor plan of your room.
Do you dig the Earth? If so, you'll want to meet Ed.
Dive into the oceans with an ichthyologist.
Create your own miniature Mesozoic Museum. Don't forget to invite your friends and family to the opening!
Make a coin that tells something special about you.
See the moon in action! And discover why our view of it changes nightly.
How well do you know mythic creatures around the world?
What adaptations help these creatures survive?
Find out what makes the Sun glow, and other amazing facts, in an up-close interview with the Sun.
Dig your way through this list of ten titles.
Decorate, shatter, and piece together your own pottery artifact!
Volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes... Examine how plate tectonics affect our world!
How do whales and walruses stay warm in chilly waters? Grab some gloves and find out.
Take a world-wide tour of biodiversity with three scientists.
Take an enlightening look at light with these three easy experiments.
How do mammals respond to cold water? Take the plunge into icy water and find out.
Size up the planets with a model scavenger hunt.
How do you describe your place in the 4th dimension?
Do fresh water and salt water mix? Find out in this experiment.
Mundo Shamundo! Can you help Mandy study for her geology test?
Invent a story about an endangered species. Then draw and write about it!
Learn how to look at a bunch of bones and draw what a dinosaur looked like.
Come explore three different rain forest habitats.
Make a model of Earth's layers that's good enough to eat!
Take a quick look at where Einstein's curiosity took him—and the world.
Play this game to find out how a law protects animals and plants.
Join the inquisitive Deena Soris as she interviews the fossil of a Protoceratops.
Make your own bird feeder and record your observations in a bird journal.
About 80 million years ago two dinosaurs were locked in deadly combat when they were suddenly buried alive. See one of the greatest fossil specimens ever found.
Anyone can find fossils. This handy guide tells you where to look and what to do.
How far have your groceries traveled? Find out!
Why are many animal and plant species dying out forever?
Find out why a ball thrown in the air will return to the ground.
Create your own crystals with sugar. Then enjoy your tasty treat!
Find out how the Big Bang Theory came to be.
Find out how biodiversity depends on you.
Meet six rocks that travelled to the Museum from places like Mexico, Scotland, and even outer space.
Take a look inside your trash can. What clues can you find?
Examine maps and ancient artifacts. And collect all six Inca chronicles!
Mix up some Jell-O, and find out how space bends around anything with mass.
Let your imagination run wild, and write an inspiring work of science fiction. ¡TAMBIÉN EN ESPAÑOL!
How many constellations and planets can you find in the night sky? Record your sightings in a "stellar" journal.
Every rock has a story to tell. Learn how to create a collection that rocks!
Two thousand years ago, an ancient city called Petra thrived deep in the desert of Nabataean kingdom.
How enlightened are you about the subject of light? Play this trivia game to find out!
Where did Einstein get his great ideas? Find out with this virtual tour.
Solve these interactive story puzzles to find out how people and other animals live in the Arctic.
Put on these handmade masks or puppets and tell your own mythic tale.
Send a note to a friend with these ancient letterheads.
Send a note to a friend with these astronomical letterheads.
Take a peek into a mineralogist's scrapbook to see why he thinks jade is so special.
All aboard! Hop on a submersible and explore an amazing diversity of life at the ocean floor.
Can you make it down to the ocean floor? Along the way, discover what makes water special.
Start a field journal, and track how your favorite critter looks and behaves.
How do your fossil-sorting skills stack up? Put them to the test with this kid-friendly online puzzle.
Tour this spinning pinwheel in space that we call home.
Take a virtual stroll through a city park for a close-up look at some hidden inhabitants.
What kind of person becomes an ichthyologist, a scientist who studies fish?
Find out from a zooarchaeologist how humans have tamed and bred horses.
Can you match these marine animals with their baby pictures?
Bring six North American mammals to life with this coloring book.
Explore mammal teeth with this matching game and coloring book.
Wasps can live in hives of thousands, but did you know that most wasps are solitary? Get the facts.
Meet a scientist who studies Korean culture.
Discover some of the amazing ways that organisms have evolved to keep from being eaten.
Take a look at some of the extraordinary ways that animals experience the world around them.
Explore some surprising ways that organisms get the food that they need.
Explore some of the inventive ways that help living things reproduce and their offspring survive.
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